Russia strikes Ukraine after promising retaliation for Belgorod attack – National | 24CA News
Russia launched a recent drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday evening, after promising that strikes on the Russian border metropolis of Belgorod earlier within the day “would not go unpunished”.
The Ukrainian Air Force mentioned Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces in a single day.
Twenty-eight folks had been wounded in an assault on the jap metropolis of Kharkiv, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov mentioned Sunday. A central lodge, condo buildings, kindergarten, outlets and administrative buildings sustained harm, in accordance with the regional prosecutor’s workplace.
Russia’s Defense Ministry mentioned that it had hit “decision-making centers and military facilities” in Kharkiv, reporting that its strike on the Kharkiv Palace Hotel had “destroyed representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate and Ukrainian Armed Forces” concerned within the “terrorist attack” in Belgorod.
In the Kyiv area that surrounds the capital, a Russian drone assault prompted a hearth to interrupt out at a essential infrastructure facility, native officers mentioned. They didn’t determine the ability additional.
Shelling within the middle of the Russian border metropolis of Belgorod Saturday killed 24 folks, together with three youngsters. An extra 108 folks had been wounded within the strike, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned Sunday, making it one of many deadliest assaults on Russian soil because the begin of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months in the past.
Russian authorities accused Kyiv of finishing up the assault, which befell the day after an 18-hour Russian aerial bombardment throughout Ukraine killed no less than 41 civilians.
Russia’s Defense Ministry mentioned it recognized the ammunition used within the strike as Czech-made Vampire rockets and Olkha missiles fitted with cluster-munition warheads. It offered no extra data, and The Associated Press was unable to confirm its claims.
“This crime will not go unpunished,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement on social media.
In an emergency assembly on the U.N. Security Council demanded by Russia Saturday evening, envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused Kyiv of a “terrorist attack.” In feedback carried by Russian state media, Nebenzya claimed Ukraine had launched “a deliberate act of terrorism directed against civilians.”
Ukrainians are bracing for additional assaults. A blistering New Year’s Eve assault by Russia final 12 months killed no less than three civilians.
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