Russian territory under attack. A Ukrainian strike hit an ammunition depot in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced on Thursday.
“Following a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, an ammunition depot exploded in a village in the Belgorod region,” he said on Telegram, adding, however, that “according to preliminary data, there is no There are no casualties or injuries.”
Viatcheslav Gladkov had already accused the Ukrainians of having bombed an apartment building located in the eponymous city on Thursday morning. “Ukrainian armed forces shelled Belgorod. Air defense has been activated. There is destruction in a residential building,” he said, adding that there were no casualties. The Russian official also accused kyiv of firing on the Russian village of Krasnoye, located on the border with Ukraine.
Ukrainian reprisals?
In the Russian region of Kursk, another area bordering Ukraine, two villages were left without power on Thursday after Ukrainian bombing which damaged a power station, Governor Roman Starovoit announced on Telegram.
On Tuesday, Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that 2,000 residents were without power after a Ukrainian strike on a power station in the town of Chebekino, also in the Belgorod region. Monday, a 74-year-old woman was killed and other people injured in another bombardment on this locality.
These strikes follow a series of deadly bombardments carried out by the Russians, Monday and Tuesday, having hit the Ukrainian capital or the city of Lviv.
It’s not the first time the region has been the target of strikes, which local authorities blame on Kyiv, but the regional capital city of Belgorod has so far been rarely targeted since the start of the conflict. .
Russia last week reported a “significant increase” in Ukrainian fire targeting Russian territories bordering Ukraine. According to Moscow, these strikes hit residential buildings, power plants, administrative buildings and border checkpoints.