(BBC News) Moscow has accused Ukraine of deadly air strikes on southwest Russia — with 20 people killed and more than 100 injured in Belgorod, near the border.
The regional governor said three children were among the dead in what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia since it invaded Ukraine.
A Ukrainian security source insisted that only military infrastructure had been targeted in Saturday’s action.
The attacks follow Russian strikes on Ukraine on Friday, which killed 39.
Those strikes were described by Kyiv as Russia’s biggest missile bombardment of the war.
Moscow accused its neighbour of launching Saturday’s attack with multiple forms of weaponry — including Ukrainian Olkha and Czech-made Vampire rockets.
Speaking to the BBC, the Ukrainian security source said more than 70 drones had been launched against Russian targets, as a “response to Russia’s terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians.”
Addressing the situation in Belgorod, they blamed the “incompetent work of Russian air defence” for civilian casualties — saying this was what caused falling fragments.
Russia’s president has been briefed on the attacks, his spokesperson said.
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