An condo construction partly collapsed within the Russian border town of Belgorod on Sunday, inflicting a minimum of 13 deaths and injuring 20 folks, officers mentioned. They blamed Ukrainian shelling for the construction’s destruction.On-line photos confirmed rescuers on the lookout for survivors a few of the remnants of the construction’s stairwell, then fleeing the scene as a part of the roof crashed to the bottom. Russia’s Emergency Scenarios Ministry mentioned 13 our bodies have been recovered from the rubble to this point.Russia’s Investigative Committee, the rustic’s best legislation enforcement company, mentioned in a commentary that the 10-story construction have been hit via Ukrainian shelling. The Russian Protection Ministry later wrote on social media that the construction have been broken via fragments of a downed Tochka-U TRC missile. It additionally mentioned that air defenses had shot down a number of extra rockets over the Belgorod area, in addition to two drones that had been destroyed in a separate incident later Sunday.
Air raid signals persevered throughout Belgorod as rescuers labored. The town additionally got here below fireplace Saturday night, killing one particular person and wounding 29 others, Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned.Towns throughout western Russia have come below common assault from drones since Might 2023, with Russian officers blaming Kyiv. Ukrainian officers by no means recognize duty for assaults on Russian territory or the Crimean Peninsula.
The Belgorod area, on Russia’s western border, has been the objective of numerous moves. Even supposing maximum cross-border shelling is observed in rural spaces, assaults have additionally been observed at the area’s capital. In December 2023, shelling within the center of Belgorod town killed 25 other people, prompting government to begin erecting public shelters. ___Follow AP’s protection of the struggle in Ukraine at
