Russia Opens Criminal Terrorism Case After Ukraine's Belgorod Region Attacked With U.S. Supplied Missiles

Ukrainian cluster bomb attack on Belgorod kills five – governor

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Five civilians have been killed and 37 wounded, including six children, in a Ukrainian missile attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.

Belgorod is north of Kharkov, Ukraine's second city. It has endured frequent attacks by long-range Ukrainian artillery, which often fire projectiles supplied by NATO.

“Our air defense system worked over Belgorod and several targets were shot down as they approached the city,” Gladkov said on Telegram on Friday evening. “To our great sorrow, one person died as a result of a direct hit on a passenger car.”

In addition to the vehicle, an apartment building and several commercial buildings were struck, Gladkov said.

The governor later updated the death toll to five.

“One woman and four men died on the spot from their injuries before the ambulances arrived,” he said. Among the injured, seven adults and three children are in serious condition.

According to Gladkov, the attack was carried out with cluster munitions launched by the Vampire multiple-launch rocket system. The same weapon, provided to Ukraine by the Czech Republic, was used in the Christmas market massacre last December, when 25 Russian civilians were killed and 100 more wounded by Ukrainian cluster munitions.

The attack also caused property damage to three apartment buildings in the city, as well as two commercial buildings. Two houses in the nearby village of Dubovoye were set on fire by the incoming missiles, but it was quickly extinguished by emergency services.

Russian Investigative Committee Opens Criminal Case After Ukraine's Belgorod Region Attack

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 Russia has opened a criminal case on terrorism charges in connection with the attack by Ukrainian armed forces on the city of Belgorod and the Belgorod Region, which resulted in the deaths of five individuals, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Saturday.

"A criminal case has been initiated regarding the terrorist attack by Ukrainian armed formations on the city of Belgorod and the Belgorod Region. The main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (terrorist act) regarding the attack on the city of Belgorod and the Belgorod Region, which resulted in the deaths of five civilians and injuries to at least 46 people, including seven minors, with civilian infrastructure facilities damaged," the investigative committee said on Telegram.

On Friday evening, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov 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 (MLRS).

UPDATED: Ukraine Attacks Belgorod, Russia with U.S. - Supplied Rockets

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An intense rocket attack on the Russian city of Belgorod by Ukrainian Nazis has killed at least 4 civilians, wounded 12 more, and caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure.

The city of Belgorod is completely civilian; there are no military bases, airports, storage warehouses or other facilities.  The attack was designed to be against civilians!

Parts of Belgorod are burning right now

This attack comes after reports began surfacing in the US, CLAIMING (not yet verified) the US has granted permission for Ukraine to attack interior Russia, with U.S.-Supplied weapons.   

One weapons system which is being specifically mentioned in these reports, is the HIMARS with ATACMS long-range missiles.   Of course, these particular weapons require in-flight guidance from . . . . . U.S. military satellites.

So if the U.S. is now allowing Ukraine to select targets and have U.S. satellites guide the weapons to those targets, the Russian Foreign Ministry says this makes the US an active party to the conflict.

Italy, today, took the exact opposite position.  Italy opposes strikes on Russia using Its weapons.
Italy firmly maintains that the weapons provided to Ukraine can only be used for defense on its own territory. 

This statement was made by Italy's Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, during a meeting in Brussels.

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– Slovakia and Hungary also refused to approve Ukraine's strikes on Russia with Western weapons.

 DEAD LAID ON ASPHALT, HOMES AND VEHICLES ON FIRE, PIERCED WITH SHRAPNEL, as quiet night in Belgorod (pre-war Russia) turns into a turbulent nightmarish inferno.

Ukraine attacks a kindergarten, shopping malls, parking lots, and residential houses with NATO-supplied Vampire rockets filled with widely-banned cluster munitions.

Even civilian passenger buses were hit by shrapnel:

At least 5 civilians murdered, including women, despite efforts of paramedics to save them, 37 injured, including 6 children, 3 of whom in serious condition along with 7 adults, according to preliminary info.

Ukrainian strike obliterates civilian car in Belgorod (VIDEOS)

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The deadly Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday was recorded in multiple videos, with one disturbing dashcam clip showing the exact moment a projectile struck a civilian car, ripping it apart.

Belgorod and its suburbs were hit by missile strikes using cluster munitions on Friday evening, killing at least five people and injuring over three dozen, according to officials.

The devastating attack was captured on a dashboard camera as a passing car came under direct fire. The driver was killed instantly, while the passenger reportedly managed to survive with severe burns.

More blasts are visible further down the road as the driver who recorded the video escaped the scene after yet another projectile struck just meters away from his vehicle, according to the footage, which was originally shared by the Russian military blogger who goes by the name Dva Mayora.

Another dramatic video from the scene, shared by the Telegram channel SHOT, shows the chaos and destruction caused by the attack as eyewitnesses rushed to offer help and attempted to extinguish the flames with fire extinguishers.

The Russian city of Belgorod is located less than 80km (50 miles) north of Kharkov, Ukraine’s second-largest city. It has endured frequent attacks from long-range Ukrainian artillery, which often fires projectiles supplied by NATO.

According to regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the latest attack was carried out using cluster munitions launched from the Vampire multiple-launch rocket system. Another video clip shared by SHOT appears to support this assessment, showing multiple blasts close together in security camera footage.