Russia accuses Ukraine of massive drone assault on Belgorod
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On the night of June 25, the city of Belgorod in the Russian Federation was hit by a large-scale drone attack, resulting in one injury.
Russian Telegram channels report that.
Reportedly, the residents in the area heard the sound of a drone flying over Pobiedy Park before it crashed into a multi-story building on Shchors Street.
Relevant footage is published on social networks.
It is unknown if a drone strike occurred, as some Telegram channels have stated that there were no confirmed hits.
"Most likely debris from downed missiles. Preliminary HIMARS," one of the publications reported.
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After some time, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, made an official statement.
"As a result of a massive UAV attack on the capital of the region, one civilian was injured. An ambulance took a woman with a closed head injury and a fractured right arm to City Hospital No. 2. Before this, windows were shattered in four apartments across four residential buildings in Belgorod. A private home's roof and facade and the facades of two commercial buildings were also damaged. Four cars were also damaged, and a gas line was affected. In the village of Severnyi in the Belgorod district, windows were shattered in three apartments of an apartment complex," the report reads.
In addition, local channels write about the shelling of Shebekino in the Belgorod region. It is reported that a residential building is on fire after the shelling.
Smoke also rose in the village of Razumne.
Later, Gladkov wrote that a house was destroyed by a drone in the village of Bilovskoe, Belgorod region. As a result, a pensioner apparently died.
Meanwhile, in the morning, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that air defense intercepted and destroyed 29 Ukrainian UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, as well as one more over the territory of the Voronezh region.
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According to news reports, on June 21, the Yeysk, Temryuk, and Siversk districts in the Krasnodar region were allegedly targeted by drones from Ukraine. The incident resulted in six injuries and one fatality.
Additionally, on June 20, Russian news outlets announced that drones had targeted the Afip Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar region of Russia. This resulted in a fire at the facility. Reports also indicate that a separate attack occurred at a refinery located in the village of Enem in Adygea.
Moreover, on June 18, drones attacked an oil depot in the village of Chushka, Temryuk district, Krasnodar Territory.
In Azov, Rostov, a drone strike targeted an oil depot, causing a fire to break out among the tanks. Firefighters were able to put out the flames after two days.
According to sources, the Security Service of Ukraine was behind the attack on oil depots in the Russian Federation.
