‘Undue going off of munition’
The blast wave threw one of the cars parked nearby to the roof of a neighbouring shop. Several other cars were damaged. Windows were shattered in surrounding buildings, with several flats suffering severe damage. Some power lines poles fell down.
Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an “explosion occurred” in the city, later clarifying that three people were wounded — one of them refused hospitalisation. According to Russia’s Defence Ministry, a Su-34 jet was flying over Belgorod and was subject to an “undue going off of an air-delivered munition”.
Before the explosion, pro-Russian Telegram channels were reporting that Russia had been preparing to bomb Ukraine. For example, Telegram channel Veterans’ Notes wrote that Russian aviation had taken off in the air and was “equipped with FAB-500” (high-explosive air-dropped bombs).