At least 24 people, including three children, were killed and 108 others wounded in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian border city of Belgorod on Saturday, Russian authorities said, vowing to retaliate. <\/p>\n
The latest toll was given by Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who blamed \u201cmassive shelling\u201d by Ukraine\u2019s armed forces. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis crime will not go unpunished,\u201d the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Kiev regime \u2026 is trying to divert attention from the defeats on the front lines and to provoke us into taking similar actions.\u201d <\/p>\n
The attack also comes soon after Russia launched its largest aerial assault on Ukraine of the conflict, which simmered for years before Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. <\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed about the attack in Belgorod, the Kremlin said, ordering a health ministry team and emergencies ministry rescuers to be sent to the city to help those affected. <\/p>\n
A fresh wave of Russian strikes targeting locations across Ukraine overnight on Saturday left three people dead and 28 injured in the Kharkiv region. <\/p>\n
The head of the regional military administration said in a\u00a0post\u00a0on Telegram that rescuers had retrieved the bodies of two men and a woman from a house damaged by Russian attacks on the village of Borova. <\/p>\n
After calling for a last minute emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council over the attack on Belgorod, Russia faced backlash from several council members. <\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s ambassador Vasily Nebenzya described the attack as \u201ca deliberate act of terrorism planned against civilians\u201d and claimed that a\u00a0sports complex where children were present and an ice ring with kids were hit. <\/p>\n
Ukraine was quick to respond as its representative, Serhii Dvornyk, told the Council that \u201cthe only way to stop human suffering\u201d is \u201cto stop the war itself\u201d \u2013 calling on Russia to cease its aggression and withdraw its troops. <\/p>\n
His comments were echoed by Ukraine\u2019s western allies who put the blame squarely on Russia and its leader. <\/p>\n
\u201cPutin should be honest with his own people about the true and mounting cost of this war,\u201d John Kelley, who represented the United States\u00a0at the Council, said and added \u201cwe are here again today because the Kremlin refuses to halt its illegal invasion.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Security Council meeting took place hours after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv in which\u00a0at least 26 people\u00a0were\u00a0injured, according to Ukrainian officials. <\/p>\n
Russian authorities said Belgorod was also shelled Friday night with one civilian killed,\u00a0the region\u2019s governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.\u00a0Four others, including a child, were injured, he\u00a0added. <\/p>\n
On Saturday, a child also died as a result of Ukrainian shelling in Russia\u2019s Bryansk region, the region\u2019s Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said. <\/p>\n
Ukraine has not publicly commented on the incidents and rarely claims responsibility for attacks on its neighbor. <\/p>\n
The toll from the Russian strikes overnight Thursday into Friday on Ukraine \u2013 which saw an unprecedented number of drones and missiles fired at targets across the country \u2013 meanwhile continued to mount. <\/p>\n
At least 45 people are now confirmed dead. Kyiv authorities said they recovered two more bodies killed by Russia\u2019s missile strikes, bringing the city\u2019s death toll from the attack to 19. <\/p>\n
Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were among the buildings hit in Friday\u2019s barrage, prompting widespread international condemnation and renewing calls for more military aid. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe attack on the capital city on December 29 was the largest in terms of civilian casualties\u201d since the start of the full-scale invasion, Mayor\u00a0Vitaliy Klitschko said. <\/p>\n
During the wave of strikes, Poland\u2019s military authorities claimed that an \u201cunidentified airbourne object\u201d briefly entered its airspace. <\/p>\n
Russia said it would not give any any explanation \u201cuntil concrete evidence is presented.\u201d <\/p>\n
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wrote on X that NATO remained vigilant over the incident. <\/p>\n\n
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