Ukraine accused of sending helicopters to bomb a city in the southern Bryansk region about 10 kilometers radius   from the border, after reporting seven injured in the shelling Said  Russian officials on Thursday

“Using two military helicopters carrying heavy weaponry, Ukrainian armed forces illegally entered Russian air space,” Russia’s Investigative Committee  which  tackles  major crimes mentioned  in a statement.

“Flying low, acting deliberately, they carried out at least six air strikes on residential buildings in the settlement of Klimovo,” investigators said.

As a result, they said, “at least six residential buildings were damaged… and seven people received injuries of varying severity including one small child born in 2020.”

This appeared to be the first time that Moscow has officially accused Ukrainian armed forces of flying helicopters into Russia to carry out an attack.

Previously the governor of Belgorod region in southern Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said two Ukrainian military helicopters had carried out a strike on a fuel depot on April 1, while this was not directly confirmed by Ukraine or Moscow.

Thursday’s shelling was announced earlier by governor Alexander Bogomaz, who said on Telegram that “two residential buildings were damaged and some of the residents were injured”.

A Russian health ministry official, Alexei Kuznetsov, told the RIA Novosti news agency that the seven injured were in hospital, adding that two were in serious condition and required surgery.

The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Gladkov, later said on Telegram that the town of Spodaryushino near the boundary “went under shelling from the Ukrainian side” and inhabitants from this and a close by town had been emptied as a safeguard.

Likewise on Thursday, Russia’s security organization the FSB told TASS news office that Ukraine terminated at line designated spot where north of 30 Ukrainian evacuees were crossing into Russia.

It added that there were no wounds.