Russia: At least 13 killed, 20 injured as apartment building collapses after shelling in Belgorod city
Russia: At least 13 killed, 20 injured as apartment building collapses after shelling in Belgorod city
The Russian Defence Ministry said that the building had been damaged by fragments of a downed Tochka-U TRC missile. This was the second attack on Belgorod after the city came under fire on May 11.
A tragic incident occurred in Belgorod, a city on the Russian border, where part of an apartment building collapsed on Sunday killing at least 13 people, with 20 others sustaining injuries. The officials in Russia blamed Ukrainian shelling for the building's destruction. Videos circulating online depict rescue teams combing through the debris in search of survivors, only to hastily retreat as a section of the roof collapsed.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported the recovery of 13 bodies from the rubble thus far. The Investigative Committee of Russia, the nation's primary law enforcement body, issued a statement affirming that the 10-story structure had indeed been struck by Ukrainian shelling.
The Russian Defence Ministry later wrote on social media that the building had been damaged by fragments of a downed Tochka-U TRC missile.
It also said that air defences had shot down several more rockets over the Belgorod region, as well as two drones that were destroyed in a separate incident later Sunday.