Russia admits that it inadvertently bombed its own place.

A Russian Sukhoi-34 hypersonic warplane unintentionally fired a weapon into the town of Belgorod, close to Ukraine, late on Thursday, resulting in an explosion and the injuries of three people.

Concrete piles on the street, many damaged cars, and a tower with broken windows were all visible in the site’s’s video images. One image displayed what appeared to be a vehicle upside-down on the store roof.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, declared a state of emergency over the course of one night and reported that craters were 20 meters( 65 feet) down on some major streets. He continued,” Four vehicles and four condo buildings were harmed.”

Three individuals had been hurt, he claimed.

In a Telegram speech, Vyacheslav Gladkov said,” Thank God there are no dead ,” and added that an apartment building had been evacuated the previous night.

Tass cited the Russian defense ministry as claiming that a Su-34 sonic fighter-bomber jet had unintentionally dropped some explosives.

Tass cited the defense ministry as saying that an accidental discharge of air weapons occurred as a Sukhoi Su – 34 air force aircraft was flying over the place of Belgorod.

What kind of artillery was involved was not specified.

According to Tass, the government reported that some buildings had been damaged and that a investigation was already underway.

Since the beginning of what Moscow refers to as its” special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, bombs have rocked targets like fuel and weapons stores in the Belgorod region, among other areas of southern Russia.

( Editors Jonathan Oatis, Jamie Freed, and Christina Fincher, reporting by David Ljunggren and Guy Faulconbridge. )