As was to be expected, Russia reacted strongly to the vicious attacks on the population of Belgorod today. In missile attacks on the Kharkov Palace Hotel complex in Kharkov, reportedly killing representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Armed Forces of Ukraine who was responsible for the planning and execution of the Belgorod attacks. The hotel also housed 200 foreign mercenaries who were planned to be deployed in terrorist operations in Russia.
In addition, Russian troops attacked the building of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) office in the Kharkov region with high-precision missiles. Here, representatives of the leadership of the SBU, mercenaries and militants of the nationalist unit “Kraken” (recognized as extremist, banned in the Russian Federation) were killed.
