Shelling in Russian city kills several after 18-hour barrage across Ukraine

Shelling in the centre of the Russian border city of Belgorod killed several people and injured 45 more on Saturday, emergency services said.

Russian officials accused Kyiv of carrying out the attack, which took place the day after an 18-hour aerial Russian barrage across Ukraine killed at least 39 civilians.

Images of Belgorod on social media showed cars set alight and plumes of black smoke rising among damaged buildings as air raid sirens sounded. One strike hit close to a public ice rink in the heart of the city.

Shelling in Russian border city kills 10 and injures 45: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/30/russia-shoots-down-ukrainian-drones-officials-report

Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/dec/30/russia-ukraine-war-airstrikes-on-belgorod-and-bryansk

31 comments
  1. Gaza and us hypocrisy mean Ukraine cant be criticised in the west fir these retaliation strikes … which imo are illegal

  2. that a lie, Russia did it yourself to blame Kyiv after yesterday heavy attack on civillians in many citys of Ukraine

  3. Ukrainians have been bombarded on there streets for nearly three years. Maybe Russian public will understand it is War not a special operation. Putin is to blame for deaths of innocent people in Ukraine and Russia.

  4. Is Belgrod slightly north to where the Russian army it is , and where the 20% of the land annexed under the Russian territory? I mean what are we doing?

  5. Just remember, when NATO attacks another country civilian casualties are far far higher, with far less legitimate targets hit. And i bet Ukraine are wishing they stuck to the minsk agreement now! But yeh, Russia bad, cheap energy bad, diplomacy bad, blah blah.

  6. Смотрю тут радуются смерти гражданских и тупых обстрелов просто мирных до чего же все оскатинились Англию и США бог когда то накажет катастрофой

  7. I did wonder why Russia immediately went to UN regarding this reprisal as you'd think they'd expect to be hit back after yesterday's apocalyptic air raid on Ukraine. Now I understand….just saw a report that Russia accuses Ukraine of using NATO weaponry (cluster shells) in this attack, which, of course, is a violation of agreement with NATO. Gonna get heated over the next few days!

  8. You are forgetting to mention that all civilian damage was caused by Ukrainian air defense systems that hit some rockets

  9. In all fairness Ukraine wanting to join NATO was considered by Russia as an existential threat. Russia has been giving NATO fair warning since the 1960's. This action is in direct self-defense of Russian territory! And the coup d'etat of 2014 did not help.

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