MOSCOW, Jul 3The Russian senators expressed confidence that the events in Belgorod require Ukraine to respond. «The death of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Belgorod are a direct act of aggression on the part of Ukraine and require the toughest, including military, response,» wrote the head of the Constitutional Committee of the Federation Council Andriy Klishas in his Telegram channel. He also noted that strikes on Russian territory and the death of citizens will continue, «unless there is a crushing military response.» Klishas added that Russia is being provoked and, for any reason, they will talk about its «toughness and even cruelty» . At the same time, according to him, it is more dangerous if the West begins to interpret the lack of rigidity in protecting the territory and citizens of the Russian Federation as a weakness on the part of Russia.08:44A resident of a house in Belgorod that suffered from shelling spoke about the dead Senator Konstantin Dolgov, in turn, said that Kyiv would certainly bear responsibility for the death of peaceful Russians. “I have no doubt that the Kyiv regime will definitely answer for the cowardly shelling of Belgorod, the death of our civilians and the destruction of residential buildings. And for this too,” Dolgov wrote in his Telegram channel. Earlier on Sunday, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in Belgorod was a series of loud sounds. He later said that three people were killed and four others, including a child, were injured. The head of the region also reported that the causes of the incident are being investigated, presumably, the air defense system worked. According to preliminary information, in the regional center, more than 30 private residential buildings along Mayakovsky, Popov, Pavlov streets were partially destroyed, five were completely destroyed; 11 apartment buildings were damaged along Mayakovsky, Michurin, Chumichov, Popov and Pavlov streets. The head of the region promised the residents to provide all necessary assistance; restoration work, according to him, will begin today. Damaged residential building in Belgorod
