Officially, this incident is related to improper storage and detonation of ammunition. According to the Armed Forces, the explosion at the warehouse is not a consequence of the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces.
The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote in to his Telegramthat "there are no victims among the residents, no destruction in the village." The first to write about the incident in Russia was a military journalist Yuri Butusov, and several times corrected his position to clarify the information
Butusov's Facebook page read:
"The 19th Missile Brigade struck an accurate blow with a Point-U missile at the missile and artillery armament of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Zhovtneve near Belgorod. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting effective negotiations on the demilitarization and denazification of Russia. This is the format of negotiations that Ukraine unanimously supports. "
He then added that the information was received from the Russian media, and then corrected to the following text:
"The Armed Forces struck an accurate blow with a Point-U missile at the missile and artillery armament of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Zhovtneve near Belgorod. From these warehouses, Russia supplies ammunition to kill Ukrainians. Judging by the explosion and the remoteness of the warehouse, the 19th Missile Brigade and the "denazification of Russia. This is the format of negotiations that Ukraine unanimously supports. Ukrainians will take the Russian army straight to hell. "
Point-U missile strike on the airfield in Rostov
The attack of the Armed Forces on the airfield in Rostov was inflicted by Point-U on February 25. From this base, bombers fired on Kharkiv made sorties to Ukraine. This is a military airfield in Millerovo. At the time of the shelling, the equipment was not at the airfield, it was in the sky, according to the soldier. No casualties were reported.