Ukraine launches Christmas Eve attack on Russia’s Belgorod – governor
Ukraine launched a new attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region on Christmas Eve, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in the early hours of Tuesday.
“Our air defenses have been activated in Belgorod and [the surrounding] region. Several aerial targets have been shot down,” Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel. He added that there are no casualties.
The governor said a car and two houses hd been damaged by shrapnel in the village of Tavrovo.
According to Telegram news channel SHOT, residents of Belgorod and the Shebekino area, which borders Ukraine, heard more than 10 “powerful explosions” at around 10 pm local time.
The channel cited “early reports” that Ukraine had “attempted to use cluster munitions.”
Earlier on Monday, a kamikaze drone struck a power line, causing outages in six villages, Gladkov said.
Belgorod and Shebekino have come under frequent drone, mortar and rocket attacks since the start of the conflict in early 2022. Shebekino was partially evacuated in 2023 due to heavy shelling.
In its daily briefing on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported heavy fighting on different parts of the frontline, including Ukraine’s failed attempt to break through the lines in Russia’s Kursk Region, which was invaded in August.
