According to him, Russian air defense allegedly shot down missiles over Belgorod and the region.
Gladkov spoke about “debris that caught fire” from falling fragments, as well as damage to a commercial facility, two cars and a private home. No one was hurt.
However, despite the “downed missiles,” Gladkov warned local residents about turning off the power.
“After the last enemy shelling, short-term rolling blackouts are possible,” he wrote.
The Ashes Belgorod Telegram channel suggested that the Luch thermal power plant was hit by a missile attack.
The public also reported that there was no light on the streets of Blegorod. Street lighting is also turned off in the suburbs – in the village of Streletskoye, the village of Dubovoe, the Vostochny microdistrict, the village of Repnoye and a number of other settlements.
The mayor of Belgorod, Valentin Demidov, said that the city has limited the operation of outdoor lighting in order to reduce the load on energy facilities, the Telegram channel “Tin Belgorod” wrote.
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The aggressor country of the Russian Federation regularly attacks Ukrainian energy facilities. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky explained that Kyiv’s task is to respond to such attacks.
This is not the first time Belgorod energy facilities have come under attack. After the attacks 5 and October 6 the light went out in the city. Local authorities called on Russians to prepare generators.
