- Rockets fired at cities of Kursk and Belgorod destroyed.
- Some of the rockets’ fragments struck residential buildings.
- Up to three people may have been killed: Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported the number of casualties after a Ukrainian missile strikes in the Russian border city of Belgorod to be at least three.
Gladkov accused the attack, which also destroyed 39 private residences and at least 11 apartment buildings, to Ukraine. Gladkov said that five of the buildings were damaged.
Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, wrote on Telegram that two missiles fired against the city of Kursk and three missiles fired at Belgorod were all destroyed by Russia, however some of the rockets’ fragments struck residential buildings.
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“I emphasize that this missile attack had been intentionally planned and was launched at civilian population of Russian cities,” Konashenkov said.
“The death of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Belgorod are a direct act of aggression on the part of Ukraine and require the most severe – including a military – response,” Senior Russian lawmaker Andrei Klishas wrote on Telegram.
Approximately 1,000 individuals were inside a Kremenchuk, Ukraine, shopping mall when it was struck by two Russian missiles last week. 18 citizens at least lost their lives.
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