On Telegram, the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, indicated that three members of the same family had been injured during a bombardment on Belgorod, the capital of the eponymous region. Two of the injured, hit by shrapnel, were taken to hospital.
According to this source, houses and cars suffered “minor damage”. The fourth injured is an elderly man who suffered a “bruise” during a bombardment near Belgorod, according to the governor.
In a statement, the Russian Investigative Committee said that “nearly 16 explosions” had been heard on Sunday in this city of 330,000 inhabitants which, since the start of the offensive in Ukraine, had rarely been hit by shots.
But this week, the local authorities have repeatedly denounced strikes by the Ukrainian army on the city or nearby areas.
On Saturday, Governor Gladkov announced a bombing of an oil depot near Belgorod. The day before, a power plant had been hit in Belgorod, causing a power outage.
This large city had so far been little affected by fire, unlike other localities in the region closer to the Ukrainian border, where deadly strikes have already taken place on several occasions in recent months.
Adding to the tension, the Russian Defense Ministry said 11 people were killed on Saturday at a military base in the region, and 15 others injured, in a shooting described by the army as an “attack”. Russian.
