Russia accidentally bombed a village in its southern Voronezh region near Ukraine on Tuesday, 2nd January, 2024 but there were no casualties, military confirmed.
The tragic happened the same day as Russia hit Ukraine with a large-scale missile attack.
Freshreporters media could confirm that is not the first such incident during Moscow’s almost two-year-long Ukraine offensive.
“On January 2, 2024, at around 9 am Moscow time (GMT), during a flight of the Aerospace Forces, an abnormal discharge of aircraft ammunition occurred over the village of Petropavlovka in the Voronezh region,” the Russian army said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.
“There are no casualties,” it added.
Petropavlovka lies some 150 kilometres (93 miles) east of the Ukraine border.
According to report gathered, six private houses were damaged in the accident, the ministry revealed.
“An investigation into the circumstances of the incident is underway. A commission is working on the ground to assess the nature of the damage and provide assistance to restoring houses,” the statement read.
The governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, said some of Petropavlovka’s residents have been moved to temporary accommodation.
He also said there were no casualties but said there was “destruction recorded in seven households.”
In April last year, the Russian army acknowledged that one of its warplanes accidentally dropped a bomb in its city of Belgorod, near the Ukraine border, causing a blast. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>
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