MOSCOW, May 12 (Reuters/AFP): At least seven people were killed and 15 injured when a whole section of a multi-storey apartment block collapsed after a Ukrainian missile strike in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, Russian officials said.
Footage from the scene posted by Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the region, showed at least 10 storeys of the building collapsing.
"The city of Belgorod and the Belgorod region were subjected to massive shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine," Gladkov said.
"As the result of a direct hit by a shell into an apartment building, the entire entrance from the tenth to the first floor collapsed."
Russia's Mash Telegram news channel said that at least seven people were killed and 15 injured. It was not immediately clear what weapons were used in the attack - or if they were supplied by the West.
Meanwhile, Russia said Sunday it had captured four more villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region and thousands of residents were evacuated from the surprise ground offensive and a key border town came under intensive shelling.
Ukrainian shelling kills seven in Russia
Russia claims more gains in Kharkiv region
FE Team | Published: May 12, 2024 22:19:11
Ukrainian shelling kills seven in Russia
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