On Friday evening, the governor said air defenses worked over Belgorod and the surrounding region; several air targets were shot down near the city. Later, he reported that the shelling had been carried out from the Vampire multiple launch rocket systems; five people were killed, 37 were wounded.
"We have again lost civilians as a result of shelling of the city of Belgorod by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Five civilians were killed... 46 civilians were wounded. There are currently 37 people in hospitals, seven of them are children. One child is in serious condition," Gladkov said in a video published on Telegram.
Last Sunday night, Kiev shelled the village of Rakitnoe in the Belgorod region, leaving eight people seriously injured, the region's health minister reported.