Debris falls on kindergarten in Russia's Belgorod, buildings and cars on fire – photos

On the morning of September 2, a series of explosions rang out in Belgorod. The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the Russian anti-aircraft defense was working. Debris fell, in particular, on the kindergarten building.

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The Russians published a video from Belgorod, in one of which a voiceover claims that it flew "straight over the roof of the kindergarten."

Later, Gladkov issued an official statement: "Our anti-aircraft system operated over Belgorod and the Belgorod district."

There is damage to an apartment building, a fire in a private house. Cars are also on fire.

Overnight on August 31, Ukrainian UAVs attacked a number of regions of the Russian Federation. Two condensing power plants were hit in the Moscow and Tver oblasts.

An oil refinery in Moscow was also hit.