Russia’s Kursk, December 21: According to officials cited by The Moscow Times, a Ukrainian rocket strike on a settlement in the Kursk region of Russia killed at least six people, including a toddler.
Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein of the Kursk region, who was meeting with federal MPs in Moscow, accused Ukraine of purposefully targeting public institutions and calm locations in an initial video message posted on Telegram. According to him, the incident happened on Friday night in Rylsk, a city of less than 15,000 inhabitants.
Emergency service workers were reacting to the event, Khinshtein said, “I’ve already sent the acting chairman of the [Kursk region] government, Alexei Dedov, and his deputies to the site [of the rocket attack],” according to The Moscow Times.
He later verified later Friday that the attacks, which he claimed were carried out with US-made HIMARS rockets, killed one kid and five adults. Up to eight individuals were hurt, including a youngster, and were treated at a local hospital.
According to Khinshtein, “I am sure that the perpetrators of this bloody crime will receive well-deserved retribution.” He said, “Our army and law enforcement agencies will do everything necessary for this.”
Online videos of the aftermath of Friday’s attack in Rylsk showed many buildings severely destroyed and several automobiles engulfed in flames, according to The Moscow Times.
Andrei Belusov, the chairman of the Rylsk district, told RIA Novosti that among the structures targeted in the town were institutions utilized by the public. According to Belusov, the assault included “around 15 strikes,” according to the newspaper.
Neither the Russian Defense Ministry nor the Kremlin have yet to release a comment. Additionally, Ukraine has not commented on the missile strike.
In what it said as retribution for an attack earlier in the week on a Russian chemical factory using missiles provided by the West, Russia launched a missile assault on Kyiv early on Friday. That assault claimed one life and wounded around a dozen more.
