Rocket attack injures five in Russia’s Belgorod region

Five people were injured by a rocket attack fired from Ukraine against the Russian region of Belgorod, Russian authorities announced on Telegram on Tuesday March 26.

Two people were injured in the Belgorodsky district in the morning, announced the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. Three other people – two firefighters and a woman – were then “hit by shrapnel” in the village of Golovtchino and hospitalized, the official added. Four homes and a fire station were damaged, according to the governor.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed thirteen rockets fired by Vampire systems over Belgorod overnight from Monday to Tuesday. The region has recently been targeted by numerous drone attacks and strikes attributed to Ukraine by Russia, which have left more than a dozen dead in a week, according to local authorities. kyiv had promised to bring the fighting to Russian soil in retaliation for the daily bombings and the occupation of part of its territory by Russia.