An intense rocket attack on the Russian city of Belgorod by Ukrainian Nazis has killed at least 4 civilians, wounded 12 more, and caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure.
The city of Belgorod is completely civilian; there are no military bases, airports, storage warehouses or other facilities. The attack was designed to be against civilians!
Parts of Belgorod are burning right now . . . . more if I get it.
UPDATE 10:51 PM EDT --
This attack comes after reports began surfacing in the US, CLAIMING (not yet verified) the US has granted permission for Ukraine to attack interior Russia, with U.S.-Supplied weapons.
One weapons system which is being specifically mentioned in these reports, is the HIMARS with ATACMS long-range missiles. Of course, these particular weapons require in-flight guidance from . . . . . U.S. military satellites.
So if the U.S. is now allowing Ukraine to select targets and have U.S. satellites guide the weapons to those targets, the Russian Foreign Ministry says this makes the US an active party to the conflict.
Italy, today, took the exact opposite position. Italy opposes strikes on Russia using Its weapons.
Italy firmly maintains that the weapons provided to Ukraine can only be used for defense on its own territory.
This statement was made by Italy's Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, during a meeting in Brussels.
MORE:
– Slovakia and Hungary also refused to approve Ukraine's strikes on Russia with Western weapons.
UPDATE 11:00 PM EDT --
DEAD LAID ON ASPHALT, HOMES AND VEHICLES ON FIRE, PIERCED WITH SHRAPNEL, as quiet night in Belgorod (pre-war Russia) turns into a turbulent nightmarish inferno.
Ukraine attacks a kindergarten, shopping malls, parking lots, and residential houses with NATO-supplied Vampire rockets filled with widely-banned cluster munitions.
Even civilian passenger buses were hit by shrapnel:
At least 5 civilians murdered, including women, despite efforts of paramedics to save them, 37 injured, including 6 children, 3 of whom in serious condition along with 7 adults, according to preliminary info.
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