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BELGOROD, January 2Eleven people were injured after three attacks by Ukrainian troops on Belgorod, reported the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in the Telegram channel.
“In Belgorod, one person died — a man was driving in a car when a shell exploded next to it. He died on the spot from shrapnel wounds. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. For the victims. As a result of three shellings, 11 people were injured,” wrote he.
So, during the attack, one of the ammunition flew into a private residential building. The man who was there received shrapnel wounds to the head and upper extremities and was operated on. Later, the victim's wife and son were brought to the hospital. Both were in shock and concussion. Doctors released them for outpatient treatment, the head of the region said.
According to him, six more people were injured at the car market. Two were taken by ambulance — the man had a blind shrapnel wound to the chest and a shrapnel wound to the head, the woman had a contusion and a shrapnel wound to the head. Both patients are in the regional clinical hospital and are receiving all the necessary care, Gladkov noted.
«Two victims were brought to the hospital by disaster medicine teams — a man and a woman had a concussion, they were examined by doctors and released for outpatient treatment at home. Two more men with concussed were examined by an ambulance on the spot, but hospitalization was refused,” the governor said.
Consequences of massive shelling of Belgorod by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
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He clarified that another woman was injured after her arrival in the area of the Mercedes cabin; she had a laceration of her left hand without signs of bleeding, but the patient refused hospitalization.
In addition In addition, one fragment flew into a bus en route, it pierced the roof and injured the hand of a passenger. The victim was taken to the emergency room, where doctors provided her with all the necessary assistance, Gladkov added.
According to the Ministry of Defense, on January 2, the Ukrainian military fired 17 Alder missiles of its own design at Belgorod and the region, all of them were shot down by Russian air defense systems.
Massive shelling of Belgorod
On the afternoon of December 30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Belgorod. According to the Ministry of Defense, they used Alder missiles with a cassette part and the Czech Vampire MLRS. Air defense systems intercepted most of the shells, but several ammunition and cluster parts hit the city.
As the department emphasized, enemy troops fired in an attempt to divert attention from defeats at the front and provoke the Russian army into similar actions.
According to the latest data, 25 people became victims of the attack, including five children, and more than a hundred people were injured. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the articles “Attempted murder”, “Murder”, “Intentional destruction or damage to property”.
President Vladimir Putin called the incident a terrorist attack, noting that it was a targeted attack on the civilian population, which will not remain unpunished.