Moscow:
At least five people were killed and 18 others injured in an airstrike on the Russian city of Belgorod on Thursday, the region's governor said.
Videos shared on social media showed a destroyed storefront surrounded by rubble in the town close to the Ukrainian border. One showed a body covered in a blanket nearby.
“According to preliminary data, five people were killed in Belgorod, including one child, and another 18 people were injured, including five children,” Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
“Ambulance crews take the injured to medical centers. All necessary assistance is being provided,” he said in a message on his Telegram channel.
The Defense Ministry said it shot down 14 Ukrainian missiles over the region, which it said were fired from an RM-70 multiple rocket launcher system.
The city of Belgorod is about 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine and has been repeatedly hit by what Moscow says is indiscriminate shelling by Kiev's forces.
Authorities began evacuating some residents from the city last month after officials said a Ukrainian attack killed 25 people in late December.
Hundreds of people, including around 400 children, have already left in Russia's biggest evacuation since the country began large-scale hostilities against Ukraine in February 2022.
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