Six people died as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces missile strike on Bryansk. What is known

As a result of the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Bryansk with Storm Shadow missiles, six people were killed and 42 others were injured. Mourning has been declared in the region. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

Consequences of the missile strike

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Bryansk with seven Storm Shadow missiles. According to the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, six people became victims of the attack. The total number of injured reached 42, of which 29 people were hospitalized. There is a minor child among the injured, his condition is assessed as stable.

The head of the region called the incident an inhumane terrorist attack against civilians. Due to the shelling, smoke appeared in the Sovetsky district of the city, residents were advised not to go outside. In memory of the victims of the March 11 attack, a day of mourning was declared in the Bryansk Region, with flags flying at half-mast throughout the region.

Infrastructure damage

As a result of the shelling in Bryansk, serious damage to civilian facilities was recorded. Residential buildings, cars, and road sections were damaged. Windows in apartments were blown out by shrapnel and an explosive wave, and the buildings of a store and a dental clinic were damaged. Specialists and investigators continue to work at the crash sites to assess the exact damage.

Local residents spoke about the force of the explosions, which shook the walls of buildings. A resident of Victoria noted that she heard a loud whistling and rumbling when she entered the entrance. Another eyewitness, Sergey, reported seeing thick smoke immediately after the powerful impact that caught him on his way home from work.

"I went into the entrance of the house and heard a whistle. Then there was a crash, everything was shaking," Victoria told RIA Novosti.

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Medical assistance to the injured

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation organized emergency care for the wounded. Assistant Minister of Health Alexei Kuznetsov said that nine victims were being evacuated to federal medical centers in Moscow by special disaster medicine teams. The condition of three hospitalized remains serious, the rest are being treated in local hospitals, where reinforced intensive care teams from the capital have also arrived.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the situation, said that the decision on retaliatory measures to the shelling of Bryansk would be taken by the Russian military. At the international level, the UN responded to the attack. The official representative of the head of the organization, Stephane Dujarric, stressed that the organization opposes any attacks on the civilian population and infrastructure.

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