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| Apartment building hit in Ukrainian shelling of Russian city – mayor | Apartment building hit in Ukrainian shelling of Russian city – mayor |
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| The city of Belgorod near the border has been struck | The city of Belgorod near the border has been struck |
| An apartment block has been hit and damaged during the Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod, Mayor Anton Ivanov has said. | |
| “Air defenses had to be activated today again. There’s damage to a building on Gubkina Street,” he wrote on Telegram on Thursday. | “Air defenses had to be activated today again. There’s damage to a building on Gubkina Street,” he wrote on Telegram on Thursday. |
| The mayor later announced that around 12.40pm local time an unidentified object crashed into the roof of an apartment block as a result of operations involving the air defense systems. | |
| The residents of the affected building have been evacuated, he said, adding that no casualties have yet been reported following the incident. | |
| Images on social media have shown smoke coming from the roof of an apartment block and rubble scattered on the ground. | |
| Some reports have suggested that debris from an incoming projectile or drone may have fallen on the building after being struck by the air defense systems. | |
| Belgorod, which has a population of some 356,000, is the main city of Russia’s Belgorod Region. | |
| It’s among the border regions that have come under repeated Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks since the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in late February. |