Several unknown projectiles landed and exploded in Russia’s southern region of Belgorod on Friday, damaging a power line and a residential house. The blasts were heard in the region’s capital city of Belgorod, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.
“We’re dealing with the consequences [of the explosions]. The most important thing is that no one was hurt. I went to the site – near the villages of Nikolskoye and Yasnye Zori. Examined the sites of the explosions,” Gladkov said in a Telegram post, sharing pictures of a large crater and debris on the site.
Dashcam footage circulating online purports to show the moment one of the projectiles, apparently the one that damaged the power line, landed. The munition, appearing to be a large unguided rocket, hits by the side of a road, sending a large fountain of soil into the air.
It was not immediately clear where exactly the projectiles came from, with the authorities abstaining from assigning blame for the incident.