In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army has carried out several airstrikes on the territory of Russia, the BBC reported on Saturday, citing Russian sources.
According to the HVG article, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims that their air defense destroyed dozens of Ukrainian missiles and drones, but still hit the cities of Belgorod and Bryansk, among others.
The center of Belgorod right after the strike pic.twitter.com/NCPlMaJVj8
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According to the governor of Bryansk, 55 houses, two private businesses, a soccer field, an entertainment center and a kindergarten were damaged in the attack.
The immediate antecedent of the counterattack is that
Russian invaders launched one of the fiercest attacks of the war so far on Friday against several Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, Ogyesa, Kharkiv and Lviv, in which at least 39 people were reportedly killed and 160 wounded.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Sunday situation report, the Russians fired at nearly 120 settlements, and hundreds of civilian targets were hit.