This type of incident has multiplied in recent days.
New bombings hit the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine on Sunday, October 16, causing at least four injuries, the governor said, this type of incident having multiplied in recent days.
On Telegram, the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, indicated that three members of the same family had been injured during a bombardment on Belgorod, the capital of the eponymous region. Two of the injured, hit by shrapnel, were taken to hospital. According to this source, houses and cars suffered “minor damage“. The fourth injured is an elderly man who suffered acontusionduring a bombardment near Belgorod, again according to the governor.
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In a statement, the Russian Investigative Committee said that “nearly 16 explosionswere heard on Sunday in this city of 330,000 inhabitants which, since the start of the offensive in Ukraine, had rarely been hit by shots. But this week, local authorities repeatedly denounced strikes by the Ukrainian army on the city or nearby areas.
On Saturday, Governor Gladkov announced a bombing of an oil depot near Belgorod. The day before, a power plant had been hit in Belgorod, causing a power outage. This large city had so far been little affected by fire, unlike other localities in the region closer to the Ukrainian border, where deadly strikes have already taken place on several occasions in recent months.
Adding to the tension, the Russian Ministry of Defense said 11 people were killed on Saturday at a military base in the region, and 15 others injured, in a shooting “of attackby the Russian army.