The local governor reported that a late-night attack by Ukraine on the city of Belgorod in southwest Russia resulted in five fatalities and forty-six injuries. This was just the most recent in a string of attacks by Ukraine on the area in recent months.
Thirty-seven injured people, including seven children, were reportedly evacuated to the city’s hospitals, according to Vyacheslav Gladkov. The city is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the Ukrainian border.
A automobile was blown up while travelling down a road in a video that was captured from inside the vehicle and shared on social media with the intention of demonstrating the attack. Meters away, another explosion can be seen a few seconds later. Reuters was unable to confirm the video’s legitimacy right away.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack.
“Once again we call on all responsible governments and relevant international structures to strongly condemn this brutal terrorist attack and publicly distance themselves from the Kyiv regime and its Western curators who commit such crimes,” it said on Saturday.
The ministry added that Russia’s “special military operation” will continue until it reaches all the goals including Ukraine’s “demilitarisation and de-nazification”.
Russia’s Investigation Committee said on its Telegram channel that it had initiated a criminal case into the attack.
Authorities also reported that a woman was injured on Saturday during Ukrainian shelling of the border town of Shebekino in the Belgorod region.
Ukraine has staged frequent attacks on Belgorod and other Russian border regions in recent months, with the city the focal point of the attacks.
Ukraine and Russia say they do not deliberately target civilians in the war that began when Russia sent thousands of troops into its smaller neighbour in February 2022.
