The State Duma explained the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack the dam of the Belgorod reservoir

The main task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is to inflict damage on the Russian population and sow panic among civilians. This was stated by State Duma Deputy Yuri Shvytkin on Monday, October 27.

The day before, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried for the second time to hit the dam of the Belgorod reservoir. Unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Darts" type took part in the attack, NSN reports.

According to Shvytkin, attempts to launch strikes will continue, but the Russian Armed Forces and government authorities are doing everything possible to prevent them and destroy enemy air and ground weapons.

"This is an attempt to sow some panic. But the solidarity of Russian citizens is certainly evidence of our country's success in conducting a special military operation," the parliamentarian said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

Earlier that day, a TASS source in the Russian security forces said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were seeking a man-made disaster in the Belgorod region, according to the website. kp.ru .

He explained that in the Kharkov direction, Ukrainian militants are attacking the dam of the Belgorod reservoir with missiles in order to create a catastrophe and flood nearby settlements, RT reports.

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On October 25, as a result of a strike by Ukrainian militants, the dam of the Belgorod reservoir was damaged. 360.ru . It was clarified that if the dam was destroyed, there would be a threat of flooding of the floodplain of the river from the Kharkiv region and several streets of settlements in the Belgorod region, where about 1 thousand people live.

Later, on October 27, the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that the situation at the Belgorod reservoir remains stable.

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