The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that a Russian fighter jet mistakenly dropped an aerial bomb in Belgorod, near the Russia-Ukraine border, BBC writes.
The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the impact created a deep hole, about 20 meters wide, in the center of the city. According to him, two local residents were injured and several buildings were damaged.
The ministry has informed that the SU-34 fighter jet dropped aerial ammunition over the city by mistake.
The incident happened a little after ten o’clock in the evening local time, and the investigation is ongoing.
❗️ Russian media published a video of an explosion in the center of #Belgorod
First a loud whistle can be heard, and then the explosion occurs. pic.twitter.com/KspHEFzdBj
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 20, 2023
Belgorod, where about 370 thousand people live, is located about 40 kilometers from the borders of Ukraine. It is north of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, and since Moscow invaded last February, residents have been in constant fear of possible shelling. It is customary for fighters to pass over Belgorod to fly onward to Ukraine.
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