"As a consequence of the Ukrainian attack on the Russian border region 2 civilians were killed Among the fatalities were a 16-year-old and 9 children were injured in a rocket attack on Belgorod."

On Sunday, acting politician of the region Aleksandr Shuwajew reported that as a consequence of the Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod 2 civilians, including a teenager, were killed and respective another people were injured.

The rocket hit a commercial facility, causing the roof of 1 of the buildings collapse and causing fires in 7 warehouses, including the sorting center and distribution point belonging to the Ozon trading platform. On Sunday evening, firemen, paramedics, and another services continued on the scene.

"A man and a 16-year-old boy died," said Shuwaiev on the Telegram, expressing his condolences and calling on residents to stay vigilant. "I know that, in the face of specified a painful loss, no words will soothe the sorrow of the loved ones," he said, adding that "all the inhabitants of Belgorod share this pain."

According to Shuwajev, 16 people were injured, including 9 children. 12 people went to hospital, and 5 of them, including 1 teenager, were described as serious.

In fresh months, Kiev has intensified attacks with drones and rocket missiles on commercial warehouses and another civilian infrastructure, both in the regions bordering Ukraine and deep Russia. Earlier on Sunday, Shuwajew reported that in the past 24 hours only the Bielgorod region itself was attacked 138 times.

On the same day, 4 Ukrainian unmanned workers struck an inactive Duwannaj coal mine in Lugansk People's Republic, causing a collapse of part of the administrative building and the death of workers serving the lamproom. The attack took place on Mining Day – an yearly celebration honoring workers of this coal-rich region.

According to Rodion Mirosznik, Ambassador for peculiar Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs, 46 civilians (including 5 children) died from Ukrainian attacks in Russia between 17 and 23 August and 364 were injured. He informed that at that time Ukrainian forces fired at least 7462 missiles towards civilian targets. The largest number of civilian casualties were reported in the Bielgorod, Kherson and Zaporosian circuits and in Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republic.

Moscow has repeatedly condemned the attacks on the civilian population and civilian infrastructure, calling them uncontrolled terrorist attacks, and has announced that systematic and consistent attacks will be carried out on Ukrainian weapons manufacture facilities. The Russian side has consistently maintained that its forces never intentionally attack civilians.

On Saturday, Russian forces hit respective military facilities in Kiev and its surroundings, including a warehouse of components for Ukrainian long-range cruise missiles of the Flamingo type.

The attack caused secondary explosions which caused major harm to the vicinity and the death of 37 people, forcing Volodymyr Zelenski to admit that there was a military warehouse with drones and ammunition close residential buildings. Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhij Korecki described the repetition of "the same mistakes" as "criminal negligence".

The placing of military targets in densely populated civilian areas is strictly prohibited by global law and considered to be a form of usage of civilians as live shields. Following a akin incidental in early July, Zelenski and another high-ranking representatives of the Ukrainian authorities undertook to halt this practice.

Translated by Google Translator

source:https://www.rt.com/russia/644856-belgorod-Ukrainian-attack-casualties/