The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirms the information about explosions, damage to houses and the work of air defense. But in the message of the official there is no mention of arrival in the area of the station.
On the night of March 16, air defense worked in the Belgorod region of Russia. Administrative and residential buildings were damaged in Belgorod itself. The governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov spoke about this in social networks.
“Air defense again worked at night. There are damages to the facades in administrative and residential buildings in the city of Belgorod,” the Russian official said.
The governor said that restoration work is already beginning in the city. He promised that soon residential buildings would again become habitable in them.
“We will try to provide maximum assistance in residential premises as soon as possible so that residential buildings become residential and the damage remains only in memory,” Gladkov said.
However, the telegram channel Baza wrote about damage not mentioned by the governor. The content authors noted that in addition to buildings and cars, train cars at the local station received damage.
“According to preliminary data, one of the downed shells fell in the area of the 3rd track. After the detonation, a one-square-meter funnel formed on the spot. In addition, 21 windows in two cars of the recovery train and the lining of the cars were damaged by debris. The wire of the high-voltage line was also broken “, – said in Baza.
According to Russia, the shelling was allegedly carried out from the territory of Cossack Lopan in the Kharkov region. It is known that no one was hurt.
The governor of the Belgorod region said that the region has been actively shelled for the last 4 days. According to him, about 60 buildings were damaged during this time.
“Over the past 4 days and 4 nights, unfortunately, the enemy’s activity is quite high: 58 houses were damaged, 31 private cars were damaged. I spoke with all the heads, and restoration work has already begun,” Gladkov said.
Recall that on March 14 at night, residents of Belgorod also reported explosions. Then, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the air defense shot down three missiles. On the network, locals published photos of the wreckage that they found on the street.
Earlier, on the morning of March 13, Vyacheslav Gladkov also announced the destruction of four missiles. According to Russia, a woman was injured from falling debris. The network wrote that a rocket fired towards Ukraine self-destructed in the sky.