18, including 2 youngsters, killed in Ukrainian shelling on Russian city of Belgorod

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The bombardment on Saturday follows Russia’s largest airstrike in opposition to Ukraine for the reason that starting of its full-scale invasion, which was carried out in a single day on Thursday and into Friday and resulted in not less than 40 deaths and over 150 accidents.

At least 18 individuals, including two youngsters, have misplaced their lives because of this of Ukrainian shelling on the Russian city of Belgorod on Saturday, CNN reported, citing Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations. 

This assault got here after Moscow launched a significant aerial assault on Ukraine. A “massive” assault on downtown Belgorod was the trigger of the casualties. Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s first deputy everlasting consultant to the United Nations (UN), acknowledged on Saturday that his nation has requested for an emergency assembly of the UN Security Council in response to the incident, in response to CNN. 

“This crime will not go unpunished,” the Defence Ministry of Russia mentioned in an announcement following the shelling. “The Kyiv regime… is trying to divert attention from the defeats on the front lines and to provoke us into taking similar actions,” it mentioned, in response to CNN. 

The bombardment on Saturday follows Russia’s largest airstrike in opposition to Ukraine for the reason that starting of its full-scale invasion, which was carried out in a single day on Thursday and into Friday and resulted in not less than 40 deaths and over 150 accidents. 

For greater than a 12 months, Ukrainian forces have been attacking Russian areas near the border just about day-after-day. While often civilians have been killed, this might be one of the bloodiest incidents up to now.