By Matthew Roscoe • Updated: 11 Oct 2022 • 16:16
BREAKING: Ukraine reportedly launches attack on electrical substation in Russia's Belgorod. Image: BAZA/Telegram
Multiple videos have been shared on Tuesday, October 11 showing a fire at a electrical substation in Russia’s Belgorod after reports of an attack from Ukraine.
In the Belgorod region, in the city of Shebekino, a substation is on fire, the power has gone out in the area – local publics write pic.twitter.com/ORdl2SYgO2 — International Observers Ukraine (@INTobservers) October 11, 2022
In the Belgorod region, in the city of Shebekino, a substation is on fire, the power has gone out in the area – local publics write pic.twitter.com/ORdl2SYgO2
— International Observers Ukraine (@INTobservers) October 11, 2022
As a result, 2,000 people have been left without power after Ukraine bombed a power station, according to the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region.
https://twitter.com/sprinter99880/status/1579837490927931392?s=61&t=bqXEC2oeGo6EF0LhxdCuuw
According to Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, police and firefighters arrived on the scene to try to eliminate the problem.
Shebekine, regione di Belgorod. pic.twitter.com/IimQFs0BK7 — Claudio Torbinio (@My_Salute) October 11, 2022
Shebekine, regione di Belgorod. pic.twitter.com/IimQFs0BK7
— Claudio Torbinio (@My_Salute) October 11, 2022
Vyacheslav Gladkov added there were no casualties from the strike or the resulting fire.
https://twitter.com/francesccomito/status/1579834810922864645?s=61&t=bqXEC2oeGo6EF0LhxdCuuw
The incident comes months after a kamikaze drone belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian communication tower in the Belgorod region.
On Monday, August 15, the Russian communication tower in the Belgorod Region, was reportedly monitoring Ukrainian military positions.
The footage was published on various Telegram channels at the time, with one stating: “The TV tower located in the territory of the Belgorod region took a horizontal position after a precise hit by the kamikaze UAV.”
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