02:37Sites of destruction were seen around the Russian town of Shebekino in the aftermath of a shelling near the Ukrainian border on Saturday.
Footage shows a damaged apartment building, windows shattered and scattered debris. One local resident, Aleksandr, also showed the damaged inflicted on his property and a destroyed car.
"There were two direct hits. One came between the car trailers and the second hit the wall. After the second one we came out, we were deafened a little bit," he recalled. "The shock wave just threw my father and me. Thank God, we miraculously survived."
Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced on his Telegram channel that seven local residents had been injured in the shelling. They were hospitalised with various injuries, including shrapnel wounds.
"In the city, direct hits of shells knocked out windows, damaged balcony slabs, facades and walls in two apartment buildings. Two flats were badly damaged. In one of the houses a gas pipe caught fire, which was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade. A direct shell hit on the territory of an industrial enterprise damaged a production building, a gatehouse and a unit of special equipment," Gladkov’s statement added.
Ukrainian officials have not commented on the shelling in Shebekino, at the time of publication.
While Kiev rarely comments on incidents inside Russian territory, the state has repeatedly denied attacking civilian locations and infrastructure during the ongoing conflict. Intense shelling of the region began in late May 2023.
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.
'Miraculously survived' - Homes damaged in shelling on Russian town near Ukrainian border
Sites of destruction were seen around the Russian town of Shebekino in the aftermath of a shelling near the Ukrainian border on Saturday.
Footage shows a damaged apartment building, windows shattered and scattered debris. One local resident, Aleksandr, also showed the damaged inflicted on his property and a destroyed car.
"There were two direct hits. One came between the car trailers and the second hit the wall. After the second one we came out, we were deafened a little bit," he recalled. "The shock wave just threw my father and me. Thank God, we miraculously survived."
Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced on his Telegram channel that seven local residents had been injured in the shelling. They were hospitalised with various injuries, including shrapnel wounds.
"In the city, direct hits of shells knocked out windows, damaged balcony slabs, facades and walls in two apartment buildings. Two flats were badly damaged. In one of the houses a gas pipe caught fire, which was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade. A direct shell hit on the territory of an industrial enterprise damaged a production building, a gatehouse and a unit of special equipment," Gladkov’s statement added.
Ukrainian officials have not commented on the shelling in Shebekino, at the time of publication.
While Kiev rarely comments on incidents inside Russian territory, the state has repeatedly denied attacking civilian locations and infrastructure during the ongoing conflict. Intense shelling of the region began in late May 2023.
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.
Sites of destruction were seen around the Russian town of Shebekino in the aftermath of a shelling near the Ukrainian border on Saturday.
Footage shows a damaged apartment building, windows shattered and scattered debris. One local resident, Aleksandr, also showed the damaged inflicted on his property and a destroyed car.
"There were two direct hits. One came between the car trailers and the second hit the wall. After the second one we came out, we were deafened a little bit," he recalled. "The shock wave just threw my father and me. Thank God, we miraculously survived."
Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced on his Telegram channel that seven local residents had been injured in the shelling. They were hospitalised with various injuries, including shrapnel wounds.
"In the city, direct hits of shells knocked out windows, damaged balcony slabs, facades and walls in two apartment buildings. Two flats were badly damaged. In one of the houses a gas pipe caught fire, which was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade. A direct shell hit on the territory of an industrial enterprise damaged a production building, a gatehouse and a unit of special equipment," Gladkov’s statement added.
Ukrainian officials have not commented on the shelling in Shebekino, at the time of publication.
While Kiev rarely comments on incidents inside Russian territory, the state has repeatedly denied attacking civilian locations and infrastructure during the ongoing conflict. Intense shelling of the region began in late May 2023.
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.