Earlier in the day, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Ukraine had shelled the central part of the city. As a result of the attack, at least 14 people, including two children, were killed and over a hundred others injured, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
"Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law, are unacceptable and must end immediately. And of course, they are to be condemned," Dujarric’s office said.