39 people were killed yesterday in an unprecedented barrage of missiles on Ukraine, 159 wounded. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised that the incident will not go unanswered — and it appears to have arrived.
For the first time since the war began, the center of the Russian regional capital was attacked by a heavy barrage of missiles. According to Russian authorities, 14 people were killed in the city of Belgorod, including two children. 61 buildings were damaged.
The bombing actually began last night. According to Russia's Kommersant, Ukrainian forces used rocket artillery from Kharkiv Oblast, which borders Belgorod Oblast.
Ukraine denied firing at civilian targets. The RBK-Ukraine website quotes security officials as saying the shooting targeted military facilities in the Russian city. "This is our response to the barbaric attack on Dnipro, Kharkiv and Odesa, and the murder of non-involved civilians." The same official also claimed that the damage in the center of the Russian city was the result of a failure in the Russian air defense system. Reminder: Yesterday morning, Russian media celebrated what they described as the launch of a failed interceptor, which exploded in one of the quarters in Kyiv.
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