30 May, 2023 15:33

Civilian shelter in Belgorod Region hit by Ukrainian attack – governor

The shelling has left multiple civilians dead and injured, according to Vyacheslav Gladkov

The Ukrainian military has shelled a shelter for temporarily displaced people in Russia’s western Belgorod Region, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.

The governor broke the news in a short video address posted to his Telegram channel on Tuesday, saying the attackleft multiple civilians dead and injured. Gladkov did not provide an exact tally, stating only that he has been to the scene of the incident.

Unverified footage from the scene circulating online shows a projectile lodged deep into the surface of a road, as well as a parked car heavily battered by shrapnel.

According to local media reports, the attack left at least one civilian dead and two others injured. The shelter houses people evacuated from several locations across the Shebekino district, immediately bordering Ukraine.

Over the course of the ongoing conflict, Belgorod, as well as other Russian border regions, have been subjected to repeated artillery, rocket and drone attacks by Kiev’s forces.

https://www.rt.com/russia/577156-belgorod-displaced-attack/

30 May, 2023 16:25

Russian strikes targeted ‘decision-making centers’ – MOD

The sites had been used to plot terrorist attacks, the ministry has claimed

The Russian military’s recent strikes in Ukrainetargeted ‘decision-making centers’ that were involved in plotting terrorist attacks, the Defense Ministry in Moscow stated on Tuesday. The terrorist activities were conducted under the direct guidance of unspecified Western intelligence agencies, the ministry claimed.

“During the day, Russia’s Armed Forces carried out group strikes with long-range high-precision air-launched weapons at main decision-making centers where terrorist attacks on Russian soil werebeing planned under the guidance of specialists from Western intelligence agencies,” the ministry said during its daily media briefing.

The military did not reveal the exact number of “centers” targeted or explicitly named them, stating thatall of the “designated targets” had been successfully hit.

Later in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the headquarters of the Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) had been struck.

“We’ve been talking about the possibility of striking the ‘decision-making centers.’ Naturally, Ukraine’s military intelligence headquarters falls into such a category, andit was hit two or three days ago,” Putin said.

Ukraine’s GUR has built up a substantial media presence lately, primarily due to several interviews to foreign and domestic news outlets given by its head, Kirill Budanov. The spymaster has been making increasingly belligerent statements and has claimed that in a number of attacks on Russian soil.

Early this month, for instance, he pledged to “keep killing Russians anywhere on the face of this world until the complete victory of Ukraine.”

Shortly thereafter, he claimed responsibility for assassinating “many” Russian public figures. While Budanov did not give any exact names, he stated that “we have already gotten many, including public and media personalities.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/577150-ukraine-strikes-decision-making/