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30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
On 30 December 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, explosions occurred in the city of Belgorod, Russia, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 100. Russian sources said the explosions were shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukraine attributed the explosions to the work of Russian air defence.
Russia also reported that it had shot down drones in other Russian cities the same day. The attack occurred a day after Russia launched airstrikes at multiple cities in Ukraine, killing 57 and wounding 160. The Russian Defense Ministry called the strikes a "terrorist attack" that would "not go unpunished", launching 49 drones at Ukrainian cities the following days in retaliation.
It is reportedly the single largest death toll in a Russian city since the beginning of the war on 24 February 2022.
The explosions took place amid Russian mass missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, including Russia's largest-ever wave of attacks against Ukraine and an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council on 29 December 2023, further strikes on Kharkiv on 30 December, and another wave of Russian strikes and the Russian accidental bombing of a village in Voronezh Oblast on 2 January 2024.
The same day, Russian officials claimed that 32 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Moscow, Bryansk, Oryol, and Kursk Oblasts. They also claimed that two people, including a nine-year old child, were killed and four others were injured in separate instances of shelling in Bryansk and Belgorod Oblasts.
The explosions in Belgorod, only about 40 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, took place in daylight hours. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Czech-made unguided Vampire rockets (range 20.5 km) and guided Vilkha missiles (range 130 km) fitted with cluster-munition warheads were used and were believed to have originated from a multiple rocket launcher in Kharkiv Oblast. According to the BBC it is unlikely that Vampire rockets can reach Belgorod from Ukrainian territory without modification work to boost its range. Among locations hit according to a source close to the Russian Investigative Committee were an ice skating rink located in the city's Cathedral Square, a shopping center, a sports center, and a university.
Twenty-five people, including five children, were reported to have been killed in the attacks, while 108 people, including 17 children, were injured.
A source from the Ukrainian security services told the BBC that its forces had launched more than 70 drones against Russian military targets in "response to Russia's terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians", and attributed events in Belgorod to the "incompetent work of Russian air defence", which led to falling fragments. Residents also told independent Russian media outlets that air raid sirens were only heard 30 minutes following the start of the attacks, and that several designated bomb shelters had been locked, while others were not aware of where to seek shelter due to government policy that ruled against the disclosure of the locations of designated shelters.
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30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
On 30 December 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, explosions occurred in the city of Belgorod, Russia, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 100. Russian sources said the explosions were shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukraine attributed the explosions to the work of Russian air defence.
Russia also reported that it had shot down drones in other Russian cities the same day. The attack occurred a day after Russia launched airstrikes at multiple cities in Ukraine, killing 57 and wounding 160. The Russian Defense Ministry called the strikes a "terrorist attack" that would "not go unpunished", launching 49 drones at Ukrainian cities the following days in retaliation.
It is reportedly the single largest death toll in a Russian city since the beginning of the war on 24 February 2022.
The explosions took place amid Russian mass missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, including Russia's largest-ever wave of attacks against Ukraine and an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council on 29 December 2023, further strikes on Kharkiv on 30 December, and another wave of Russian strikes and the Russian accidental bombing of a village in Voronezh Oblast on 2 January 2024.
The same day, Russian officials claimed that 32 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Moscow, Bryansk, Oryol, and Kursk Oblasts. They also claimed that two people, including a nine-year old child, were killed and four others were injured in separate instances of shelling in Bryansk and Belgorod Oblasts.
The explosions in Belgorod, only about 40 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, took place in daylight hours. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Czech-made unguided Vampire rockets (range 20.5 km) and guided Vilkha missiles (range 130 km) fitted with cluster-munition warheads were used and were believed to have originated from a multiple rocket launcher in Kharkiv Oblast. According to the BBC it is unlikely that Vampire rockets can reach Belgorod from Ukrainian territory without modification work to boost its range. Among locations hit according to a source close to the Russian Investigative Committee were an ice skating rink located in the city's Cathedral Square, a shopping center, a sports center, and a university.
Twenty-five people, including five children, were reported to have been killed in the attacks, while 108 people, including 17 children, were injured.
A source from the Ukrainian security services told the BBC that its forces had launched more than 70 drones against Russian military targets in "response to Russia's terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians", and attributed events in Belgorod to the "incompetent work of Russian air defence", which led to falling fragments. Residents also told independent Russian media outlets that air raid sirens were only heard 30 minutes following the start of the attacks, and that several designated bomb shelters had been locked, while others were not aware of where to seek shelter due to government policy that ruled against the disclosure of the locations of designated shelters.