Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after the shelling of a village in the Belgorod region

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case due to the shelling by the Ukrainian military of the village of Krasnaya Yaruga in the Belgorod region. About it informs TASS with reference to the press service of the UK.

The department recalled that the strikes from Ukraine led to the injury of two civilians, as well as the destruction of the civilian infrastructure of the settlement, including several apartment buildings, power lines, gas pipelines, etc. were damaged.

The UK said that an investigation into the circumstances of the incident is currently underway. In particular, investigators are working to determine the type of artillery weapons and identify the persons who gave illegal orders to fire.

Earlier today, the head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, described December 18 as “an extremely difficult day.” In his Telegram channel, he said that as a result of shelling the day before in Belgorod and the Belgorod region, one person was killed and 10 were injured. In addition, 75 buildings, apartments and about 40 cars were destroyed.

In Krasnaya Yaruga, two local residents were injured: a girl received shrapnel wounds, and a man was shell-shocked. 8 premises and two cars were also damaged.

On December 19, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired at the territory of the Belgorod region. As a result of the first attack in the region was violated electricity supply, 14,000 residents were left without electricity. under second attack hit farm Pankov. There were no casualties, but two private houses were damaged.

After the start of the special operation, the Ukrainian military began to regularly shell the border regions of Russia. Since April 11, a high (“yellow”) level of terrorist threat has been in effect in the Belgorod region. On December 6, it was extended until December 21.