MOSCOW - The death toll climbed to 14 from the collapse of the residential building in Russia's Belgorod, a city some 40 km north of the border with Ukraine, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Sunday.
"The body of the ninth victim has been found under the debris of the building in Belgorod," the ministry was quoted by local media as saying.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the air defense system had downed six Tochka-U missiles, four Vampire rockets, and two Olkha rockets earlier in the day
Earlier reports said 18 people were missing as a 10-story residential building collapsed following a Ukrainian attack in Belgorod, where missile warnings had been issued repeatedly on Sunday.
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Also on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the air defense system had downed six Tochka-U missiles, four Vampire rockets, and two Olkha rockets earlier in the day.
Fragments of a downed Tochka-U missile hit the residential building in Belgorod, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, 17 people, including a child, have been hospitalized following a massive shelling of Belgorod by the Ukrainian forces, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Sunday.
The shelling took place on Saturday, he said, adding that two of the injured were in critical condition.
"After the evening's massive shelling, 29 people were affected, 12 of whom, after receiving outpatient care, are already at home," Gladkov said. "Two women are in extremely critical condition, and doctors are doing everything possible to save their lives."
More than 300 apartments and multiple social facilities were damaged, he said.
Also on Sunday, a refinery caught fire in southwestern Russia following a Ukrainian drone crash, local authorities said.
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The blaze at the Volgograd Oil Refinery was extinguished with no casualties after the Russian air defense repelled the drone attack, said Andrey Bocharov, governor of the Volgograd Region, on social media Telegram.
