Two Russian regions bordering Ukraine and Moscow-annexed Crimea were targeted by Ukrainian attacks on Wednesday morning and overnight, Russian authorities said, the day after a massive Russian bombing of Kiev. Russian regional officials reported limited damage and ensured that all Ukrainian missiles had been shot down.
Like Tuesday during the day, the city Belgorod and its namesake region were attacked during the night. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, six projectiles were shot down by anti-aircraft defenses. According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, no new victims were recorded.
The region lies further north Kursk, also on the border with Ukraine, was the target of an “air strike,” regional governor Roman Starovoit said on Telegram on Wednesday morning. According to the same source, electrical infrastructure and wiring were affected, leaving households in several villages without electricity or heating.
Finally, a rocket was launched off the coast Sevastopolsaid the governor of this city in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.