Shoigu Bombed Village In Belgorod Region

There is not a single intact house.

The Russian army carried out airstrikes on the village of Kozinka in the Belgorod region, where pro-Ukrainian saboteurs had broken through. This can be seen in photographs of the territory, reports BILD military observer Julian Röpke.

“The video shows massive Russian airstrikes on... Russia,” he says. “Although forces hostile to the regime captured only one street in the small village of Kozinka in the Belgorod region, Putin responded with brutal force, such as numerous FAB-500 glide bombs from fighter-bombers.”

The Russian village of Kozinka is located near the border with Ukraine. There have been battles there for several days now between Russian troops and volunteer formations of Russians (the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion reported their participation in the operation).

A local resident spoke about the fact that “the villages are practically destroyed” on the Dozhd TV channel. “As far as we know, the sabotage and reconnaissance groups tried to enter there and they were driven out with the help of various bombs,” the woman said. “Accordingly, they dumped them on residential buildings — and in most cases there are no houses.” Also, of course, there were shellings. From the footage [of the village of Kozinka] that leaked to us, we see that the houses have been razed to the ground; at best, only the foundation remained.”

Pro-war blogger Alex Parker said that “the village of Kozinka virtually no longer exists.” “There is not a single intact house; cast iron is actively flying around the village,” he writes. “Houses are being destroyed. Most likely, a similar fate awaits other border settlements.”

Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the village of Kozinka had been “completely cleared” of saboteurs. According to the department, “as a result of air strikes and artillery fire, the enemy lost up to 650 militants, two armored combat vehicles and two Czech-made Vampire MLRS combat vehicles.”

Since mid-March, the Belgorod region has been attacked by sabotage and reconnaissance groups. On March 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that an attack on the village of Tetkino in the Belgorod region had been repelled. The FSB added that during the fighting, 100 people, six tanks, 20 Caesar armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery units were destroyed. However, attacks by saboteurs and battles with them continued.

At the same time, Belgorod and the region are regularly shelled. The death toll from shelling of civilians in the city since the beginning of March has exceeded 20 people, and almost 90 have been injured. On March 18, a family of four was killed when a shell hit a residential building. On March 17, two people, including a minor, were killed in the attacks. On March 16, the city came under fire twice, and on March 14, three times. People started wearing bulletproof vests to go to stores, and many decided to leave. The regional authorities announced the evacuation of 9 thousand children who will be transported to Kaluga, Tambov, and Penza. The authorities also evacuated about 600 residents of the Grayvoron district of the Belgorod region to temporary accommodation centers.

Despite the shelling and missile danger, the city's mayor, Valentin Demidov, urged residents not to refuse to visit polling stations during the Russian presidential elections on March 15-17.