Russian forces shoot down missiles in Belgorod

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod, the Southern Russian Region bordering Ukraine, said at least one person was wounded after Russian forces shot down three missiles on Monday.

The falling debris had also brought down some power lines near the town of Novy Oskol but the full scope of the damage was not immediately known, Gladkov, said on the Telegram messaging app.

“It’s known about one wounded, a man with shrapnel wounds to his hand,” Gladkov said.

He did not say who he thought had fired the missiles but in the past he has accused Ukrainian forces on the other side of the nearby border of similar attacks.

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Belgorod borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and has repeatedly come under fire since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia and on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine.

Zainab Sa’id