Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow says ‘serious damage’ in Belgorod after missiles pound energy infrastructure
Russia reported “serious damage” in the border town of Belgorod after Ukrainian missiles pounded energy facilities, disrupting electricity, water and heating.
The attack on Belgorod, 40km from the Ukrainian border, and the surrounding district was the second in five days to cause serious damage.
“Serious damage has been caused to energy infrastructure facilities. As a result, there have been power outages, water supply disruptions, and heating failures,” governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials.
The International Monetary Fund, meanwhile, approved an $8.1bn, four-year loan for Ukraine, of which $1.5bn would be disbursed immediately to plug widening funding gaps.
Volodymyr Zelensky said the next round of US-brokered trilateral peace talks between Russia and Ukraine would likely take place in Abu Dhabi in early March, after the post-war reconstruction talks concluded in Geneva.
“Everything will have to be finalised. Everything that has been achieved for real security guarantees and preparing a meeting at the leaders’ level,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address, referring to the forthcoming meeting.
