War in Ukraine: three seriously injured in bombing from kyiv to Belgorod, according to Russian authorities

Belgorod est la cible de bombardements. (Illustration) MAXPPP – BELGOROD MAYOR VALENTIN DEMIDOV HANDOUT

Un bombardement ukrainien a fait trois blessés lundi 8 janvier au soir dans la ville russe de Belgorod et les défenses antiaériennes de la Russie ont abattu 10 missiles, ont déclaré les autorités russes.

Belgorod has been the target of repeated attacks by Ukraine in recent weeks. Twenty-five civilians were killed there at the end of December in a missile and drone attack.

"The city of Belgorod was shelled again last night and people were injured,” Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram messaging.

Three seriously injured

"There are now three people in intensive care, all have had surgery. Doctors judge that they are in a stable and serious condition, he added, specifying that the windows of a residential building had exploded and that several cars had been damaged. Ukraine has not commented on this bombing.

The Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 10 missiles fired from Czech-designed RM-70 Vampire multiple rocket launchers. Since the start of the war triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian army has reportedly received several RM-70s from the Czech Republic.

Vyacheslav Gladkov said he asked other Russian regions for help to accommodate children evacuated from Belgorod. He added that, if necessary, teachers would also be evacuated.