2023-12-31 02:07:13
(AFP reported in Moscow on the 30th) Russia today accused Ukraine of launching “terrorist attacks” once morest civilians in Belgorod, including the use of controversial cluster bombs, which killed at least 21 people and injured dozens more.
At an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council called for by Russia, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya claimed that Ukraine’s targets were a sports center, an ice rink and a university.
Nebanzia also said, “In order to increase the casualties of terrorist attacks, they (Kiev) used cluster bombs.” “(This was) a deliberate and indiscriminate attack on civilian targets.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky were scheduled to deliver New Year’s Eve speeches tomorrow, and the conflict between the two sides is approaching the second anniversary.
The day before the Belgorod attack, Ukraine said Russia launched missile attacks on multiple cities, killing at least 39 people and injuring dozens more.
Ukrainian officials said new attacks today caused more casualties in the northeastern city of Kharkiv.
Belgorod, regarding 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, has been subject to what Moscow calls indiscriminate attacks.
Unconfirmed footage showed a city center street strewn with debris and smoke billowing from burned-out cars.
The media might not immediately verify the specific content of the Belgorod attack, but believed it to be one of Ukraine’s deadliest attacks on Russian territory since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Russian authorities said at least three children were among the dead, and 17 were among the 110 injured.
The Kremlin said Putin was informed of the incident, while the Russian Defense Ministry warned that the attack “will be punished”.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly condemned the West for providing weapons to Ukraine, accusing the United States and Britain of “inciting the Kiev regime to commit terrorist acts.”
Ukrainian officials had no immediate comment.
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