One dead and three injured
Russian oblasts report attacks from Ukraine
05/11/2022, 10:14 p.m
Two Russian regions bordering Ukraine are reporting new attacks from the neighboring country. According to the governor, one person was killed in a village in Belgorod Oblast. A Ukrainian drone is said to have been shot down in the Kursk region.
The Russian regions of Belgorod and Kursk near the Ukrainian border have reported fresh attacks from the neighboring country. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, told the Telegram news channel that one person was killed and six other residents injured, including a 14-year-old, in the shelling of the village of Solokhi. At first he had spoken of three injuries and destruction in the area. A person died in the ambulance, said Gladkow. It is the most difficult situation since the shelling began. The information was not independently verifiable.
Russia is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, which the country is defending itself against. In order to defend itself against the Russian war of aggression on its national territory, which is contrary to international law, the Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann believes that Ukraine can also take military action in Russia to a limited extent. “In the international law of war, everyone agrees: If you are the victim of an aggressor, you can defend yourself,” emphasized the FDP politician today during a survey in the Bundestag.
He added: “Now that doesn’t include a counter-attack that takes all of enemy territory, but of course you’re allowed to operate in enemy territory in response to that, even in border areas.” Buschmann went on to say: “It would be crazy if the one who behaved in accordance with international law had to go into the conflict more chained than the illegitimate aggressor.”
Increased terror alert level in Kursk
According to the authorities, a Ukrainian drone was shot down by the Russian air defense in the Kursk region. No one was injured, it said. In Kursk, there is an increased terror alert level, which has been extended to May 25 due to other incidents in recent weeks.
The border regions, including Bryansk and Voronezh, had repeatedly complained about shelling from the Ukrainian side. Ukraine generally denies allegations of having shelled targets such as ammunition depots or fuel depots in the large neighboring country. Russia had threatened to target command posts in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv if the shelling didn’t stop.