The shelling was carried out by two Vilha missiles with cluster munitions and Czech-made Vampire MLRS rockets, Moscow said.
Citizens were killed and injured in the Russian city of Belgorod as air defenses shot down the missiles. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced this on Saturday, December 30.
Russia’s defense department blamed Ukraine for the shelling. The attack was said to have been carried out by two missiles Vilkha with cluster ammunition and Czech-made Vampire MLRS rockets.
“The Vilkha missiles and most of the Vampire MLRS rockets were intercepted by air defense systems. Several rockets and cluster components from the downed Vilkha missiles hit the city of Belgorod,” said Sergei Shoigu’s department.
So far, 14 people are known to have died, including two children, and another 108 Russians were injured.
The Russian Ministry of Defense says that if it weren’t for air defense, the consequences would be greater. They promised that “this crime will not go unpunished.”
Earlier on Saturday, the media reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked military facilities in Belgorod. But the ineffective work of Russian air defense has caused damage to the city’s civilian infrastructure, the sources said.
Let’s remember that on December 29, Russia carried out one of the most intense and massive attacks on Ukraine. The enemy launched more than 150 missiles and drones at residential areas, critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities across Ukraine.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Lvov, Odessa, Dnepr, Zaporozhye, Sumy, Lviv, and Dnepropetrovsk regions. 39 people died and more than 100 were injured.
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Source: korrespondent
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