| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Death toll from the Ukrainian missile attack on Belgorod reaches 21 |
| 2023-12-31 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The number of people killed in a Ukrainian Armed Forces missile attack on Belgorod has risen to 21 people, two of whom are children. The number of wounded reached 108 people, including 15 children, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. “According to updated information, 12 adults and 2 children died in Belgorod. Another 108 people, including 15 children, were injured,” the statement said. Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported ten dead and 45 injured. The missile hit in the city center was captured by the video recorder of one of the cars. The footage shows that the explosion occurred near the Belgorod Department Store shopping center. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that 10 fires broke out in Belgorod after the rocket attack. Rescuers quickly eliminated them all. The city has opened a hotline to collect data on victims and damage by calling 122. More from regnum.ru Investigative Committee opened a case under three articles after a missile strike by Ukraine on Belgorod The Investigative Committee opened a case under three articles after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the center of Belgorod, the department’s press service reported on December 30. “A criminal case has been initiated based on the elements of crimes provided for in Part 3 of Art. 30 tbsp. 105, art. 105, art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder, murder, intentional destruction or damage to property),” the message says. The head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, sent investigators, criminologists and experts from the central office of the department to the Belgorod region to clarify all the circumstances of the incident. The head of the Investigative Committee also ordered to identify all those responsible for the missile attack on Belgorod, including those who gave criminal orders. On the evening of December 30, Ukrainian formations attacked the center of Belgorod. According to the latest data, the number of people killed in the shelling has reached 14 people. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, another 108 people were injured, including 15 children. At the same time, the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia, Maria Lvova-Belova , stated that 17 minors were injured, four of them were in serious condition. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used cluster munitions. The department added that air defense forces intercepted most of the Vampire MLRS rockets. Several rockets and cluster parts from downed missiles hit Belgorod. The department also promised that the crime of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not go unpunished. The situation in the region after the missile attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was reported to President Vladimir Putin More from regnum.ru Ukrainian attack damaged almost 50 households in the Belgorod region During the shelling of the Urazovo village in the Valuysky district of the Belgorod region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine damaged 48 households, one social facility, a store, 37 outbuildings and six cars, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on December 30 in the Telegram channel. “Twelve shells from the Grad MLRS were fired at the village. Thank God no one was hurt. Various damages - mainly broken windows, chopped facades and fences,” he wrote. Gladkov also reported damage to the power line, which was quickly repaired. Two households were particularly hard hit. In one of them, the whole family was in the house when a shell hit it; fortunately, no one was injured. In the damaged houses, temporary measures have been taken so that residents do not freeze. Full repairs, according to the governor, will begin on January 8 with the start of working days. As Regnum reported , the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Belgorod on the night of December 30. One of the shells hit a residential building, killing a man and injuring four people, including a 10-year-old child. All those injured were hospitalized. The Ministry of Defense stated that on the night of December 30, air defense forces shot down 13 multiple launch rocket systems over the Belgorod region. Gladkov reported downed targets on approach to Belgorod. More from the Russian Ministry of Defense Link is to a website available only through a VPN Statement by Russian Defence Ministry [EngMilRu] Today the Kiev regime attempted to launch indiscriminate attacks at Belgorod by two Olkha missiles with cluster submunitions and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles. Air defence systems intercepted Olkha missiles and the majority of Vampire MLRS projectiles. Several projectiles and cluster submunitions hit Belgorod. As a result, 12 adults and two children died, 108 people were injured. Death toll stands at 21 In the event of a direct hit by Olkha missiles with cluster submunitions on the city, the consequences would have been immeasurably more severe. The Kiev regime by indiscriminately striking large areas and committing this offence is trying to divert attention from the defeats on the front lines and to provoke us into taking similar actions. We once again point out that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation strike only military objects and directly related infrastructure. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to do so. This crime will not go unpunished. |
| Posted by:badanov |