KURSK, December 20. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have launched a missile attack on the town of Rylsk in Russia's Kursk Region, according to the region's acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein.
The Russian Investigative Committee has reported casualties.
TASS has compiled the key details about the incident.
Circumstances of the shelling
- All emergency response services are working at the site of the strike.
- Acting Chairman of the Kursk Region government Alexey Dedov has been dispatched to the city, Khinstein reported.
- The House of Culture building has been heavily damaged. The city's 18th-century cathedral also sustained significant damage.
- The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, located in Kurchatov, 70 kilometers from Rylsk, is operating normally, according to a report on its Telegram channel.
- A blast wave damaged windows at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord. No casualties occurred, a church employee told TASS.
Dead and injured
- Preliminary reports indicate casualties, with both dead and injured, the Russian Investigative Committee says.
Reaction of the government
- Khinstein stated that the government of the Kursk Region will offer all necessary assistance to the victims and their families.
- He also claimed that Ukraine intentionally targets civilian and social infrastructure.