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Ukrainian forces strike a residential building in Belgorod, killing 15
[Steve Sweeney]

UKRAINIAN forces struck civilian targets in the Russian city of Belgorod today, killing at least 15 people.

The deadly attack by Ukraine comes a day after Sergei Shoigu was promoted to secretary of Russia’s security council. 

Russia’s Emergency Ministry said that 15 people were killed when a residential building in Belgorod collapsed after being struck by fragments of a Ukrainian missile shot down by Russia.

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