According to a local official, six people were injured by shelling in a Russian town on the Ukrainian border.
Alexander Bogomaz, the regional governor of Klintsy, Russia, 30 miles from the Bryansk region in Ukraine, said the number of injured had increased from four to six.
Bogomaz wrote on the instant messaging app Telegram, “Those injured have shrapnel wounds. They were all admitted to a local hospital. Their condition is stable.”
Citizens from Klintsy claimed early Tuesday that electricity and water had been cut off and posted video footage of a military helicopter flying over the city on Telegram channels. Footage allegedly showed smoke rising from a military base after what purportedly looked like a missile trail in the sky over the town.
Russian officers near the Ukraine border have lately alleged cases of shelling that damaged residential facilities and injured people.
“I was driving to work… there was a rocket takeoff, after which they called me and said there was an explosion in Klintsy,” said an anonymous man who allegedly took a photograph of a missile trail, according to the Daily Mail.
The Moscow Times reported a woman was wounded by the alleged attack, having her leg torn off. Purportedly, the blast blew out windows of neighboring homes.
A video of a crater allegedly created by Ukrainian ammunition was posted on Telegram. The Daily Mail reported that information suggests a Tochka-U missile made the wreckage and had damaged military equipment.
On June 10, News.ru stated that a group of Ukrainian “saboteurs” had crossed into the Bryansk region.
None of the above allegations have been verified.
Klintsy is on the Turosna River, 102 miles southwest of Bryansk. The city was briefly part of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in 1918. During World War II, the town was occupied by German troops from August 20, 1941, to September 25, 1943. Klintsy was moderately affected by fallout from the Chernobyl accident in 1986.