Russian missile upper stage crashes into a house near Belgorod (photo)
A Russian rocket booster fell in the town of Stroitel, Belgorod region. A woman was injured in the incident.
According to the Russian media, the incident occurred on March 17, but it was kept quiet for two days before the information was leaked to the media. The object fell at 8 Troitska Street. A house was damaged and one woman was injured.
It was probably part of a Russian air defense missile. The air defense missile has a self-destruct device, so only its upper stage can fall to the ground. Photos of a brick building with an object that looks like a missile tail stuck in its wall appeared in Russian public media.
Commentators note that the photo shows an object that looks like the upper stage of a Pantsyr-S1 air defense missile. A similar incident occurred in November of 2013, when a Pantsyr upper stage pierced the wall of a house in the Moscow region.
What is happening in the border regions of the Russian Federation
On March 12, volunteer Russian battalions of the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion, and the Siberian Battalion broke through the border in Belgorod and Kursk regions and took control of several settlements.
Russian volunteers announced strikes on Russian military positions in Belgorod and Kursk, and residents of Belgorod and Kursk regions were urged to evacuate.
On March 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the “successful” operation of air defense in the Belgorod region.
They claim that five drones were allegedly destroyed at night in the Kursk region, three drones, a rocket and a Tochka-U missile in the Belgorod region.
