Go to the media bankEmployees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation near the fire at the Shebekino electrical substation after shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. File photoGENEVA, Oct 20 Attacks on energy infrastructure in the Belgorod region ahead of winter raise concerns about the protection of civilians, OHCHR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told RIA Novosti on Thursday. «Damage to power plants and power lines on the eve of winter raises concerns about the protection of civilians, especially vulnerable groups of the population,» she answered a question about how the organization assesses the numerous strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belgorod region. On Wednesday, Belgorod came under heavy shelling from Ukraine, not a single rocket hit reached the ground thanks to the work of air defense. According to Mayor Anton Ivanov, fragments of rockets were found on 15 streets of Belgorod, five cars were hit. A high-rise building in Belgorod was damaged on Thursday due to the fall of fragments of a downed MLRS rocket launched by Ukrainian troops. On Friday evening, after the shelling of Belgorod, a 110 kW substation caught fire, the power engineers restored power supply on the same day.
