According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a bomb was accidentally dropped by a Russian warplane on one of its own cities, causing panic and injuring three people in a major city along the border with Ukraine. The incident occurred on Thursday night in central Belgorod, a southern Russian city of 400,000. Video footage showed a burst of smoke and flames near an intersection that cars were passing through, sending one parked vehicle twirling through the air.
Initially, suspicion fell on Ukraine due to a string of covert attacks on railway bridges and other strategic targets in Belgorod. However, on Friday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry released a statement saying that the explosion was caused by their own warplane. The attacks have put Belgorod on edge, with some residents worried that the Ukrainians might even invade.
2023-04-21 05:51:27
Source from www.nytimes.com