03:22A Belgorod resident described how her neighbourhood in the Russian border region had come under fire from shelling on Monday.
Galina said she heard the sounds of explosions early in the morning and immediately ran out into the hallway, with the balcony of her third-floor apartment hit.
"There was glass all over it. Everything that was on the window sill was blown away. Well, smoke, explosion, cars caught fire, and then a car exploded," the woman explained.
Footage shows burnt cars and damaged buildings. The video also features emergency workers at the scene and locals helping to clear the rubble.
Galina added that this was the second time she and her family had experienced shelling, but insisted she wouldn't be leaving her hometown.
Governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov stated that eight people were wounded. He added that a private house and more than 15 cars were set alight, and windows broken in 21 apartment blocks and four private houses. A gas pipeline was also damaged.
The Ukrainian side had not commented on the shelling at the time of publication. Kiev has repeatedly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Intensive shelling of the Belgorod region began at the end of May 2023, while Ukraine launched an incursion into the neighbouring Kursk region last month.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'Smoke, explosion, cars caught fire' - Eyewitness on reported shelling of Belgorod's residential districts
A Belgorod resident described how her neighbourhood in the Russian border region had come under fire from shelling on Monday.
Galina said she heard the sounds of explosions early in the morning and immediately ran out into the hallway, with the balcony of her third-floor apartment hit.
"There was glass all over it. Everything that was on the window sill was blown away. Well, smoke, explosion, cars caught fire, and then a car exploded," the woman explained.
Footage shows burnt cars and damaged buildings. The video also features emergency workers at the scene and locals helping to clear the rubble.
Galina added that this was the second time she and her family had experienced shelling, but insisted she wouldn't be leaving her hometown.
Governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov stated that eight people were wounded. He added that a private house and more than 15 cars were set alight, and windows broken in 21 apartment blocks and four private houses. A gas pipeline was also damaged.
The Ukrainian side had not commented on the shelling at the time of publication. Kiev has repeatedly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Intensive shelling of the Belgorod region began at the end of May 2023, while Ukraine launched an incursion into the neighbouring Kursk region last month.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
A Belgorod resident described how her neighbourhood in the Russian border region had come under fire from shelling on Monday.
Galina said she heard the sounds of explosions early in the morning and immediately ran out into the hallway, with the balcony of her third-floor apartment hit.
"There was glass all over it. Everything that was on the window sill was blown away. Well, smoke, explosion, cars caught fire, and then a car exploded," the woman explained.
Footage shows burnt cars and damaged buildings. The video also features emergency workers at the scene and locals helping to clear the rubble.
Galina added that this was the second time she and her family had experienced shelling, but insisted she wouldn't be leaving her hometown.
Governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov stated that eight people were wounded. He added that a private house and more than 15 cars were set alight, and windows broken in 21 apartment blocks and four private houses. A gas pipeline was also damaged.
The Ukrainian side had not commented on the shelling at the time of publication. Kiev has repeatedly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Intensive shelling of the Belgorod region began at the end of May 2023, while Ukraine launched an incursion into the neighbouring Kursk region last month.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.