A power plant in the Russian city of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, caught fire on Friday after a Ukrainian strike, the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said.
“After the strike in Belgorod, the power plant caught fire (…).Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote in Telegram, adding that it would require:up to four hoursactivate backup infrastructure and restore power.
Power outage for a city of 330 thousand inhabitants
He did not specify how many people were affected by the shutdown in the city of 330,000, which has so far rarely come under Ukrainian fire, unlike his region, which is regularly targeted. Footage posted on social media showed the moment of the impact, as flames erupted across the station at a single light. Vyacheslav Gladkov published photos of the fire. The fire was contained at 17:00 GMT. “We will try to repair all damages as quickly as possible.– he assured. Earlier, the governor reported about the Ukrainian shelling on the village of Voznesenovka, Belgorod region, which damaged five houses and a power line.
According to Vyacheslav Gladkov, several missiles fired by Ukrainian forces in the morning were destroyed by Russian air defense systems near Novi Oskol, still in the Belgorod region. Remnants of those missiles fell on a railway line, damaging several power lines and disrupting rail transport for several hours, he said. On Thursday, the Ukrainian strike had already blown up an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region. On the same day, the rocket tore off the top floor of a residential building in the city of the same name, without any casualties.
The first blackout occurred on Tuesday after a Ukrainian strike at a power plant in Chebekino, in the same region, left 2,000 residents without power. And on Monday, a 74-year-old woman was killed and other people were injured as a result of the bombing in this place. Last week, Russia condemned “significant increaseUkraine opened fire on several border regions of Russia, including Belgorod, as well as Kursk and Bryansk regions.
Source: Le Figaro
