State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin, the founder of the Anti-Maidan movement advocating the capture of Ukraine, whose organization Combat Brotherhood receives multimillion-dollar grants from the state budget, said that "the answer for Belgorod will be tough." So he commented on the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian city.

“In Vietnam, in Serbia, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Syria, and here in the cities of Donbass, they are well aware that the favorite tactic of the Americans and their jackals is the destruction of civilian infrastructure and civilians. Belgorod again, like decades ago, under the blow of the Nazis. Revenge for Lisichansk. The answer will be tough. You will receive for Belgorod in such a way that it will continue to be disrespectful, ”Sablin wrote .

Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, also reacted. According to him, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will have to answer for the "dastardly attack on Belgorod."

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that while Russia will refrain from retaliatory strikes, but in the event of a repetition, Ukraine "will not be in trouble."

“We understand that these actions of the regime in Kyiv are not just coordinated with its Western curators, but most likely prompted by them,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. - This is done in order to push us to strike back of this kind, and then further spin the anti-Russian hysteria. We have so far refrained from taking such steps, but we will be following developments very closely. Those who act in this way should be aware that if provocations continue, they will not be in trouble.”

On the night of July 2-3, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked two Russian cities - Kursk and Belgorod - and Melitopol, occupied by the Russian military. As the Conflict Intelligence Team analysts told The Insider, military installations were allegedly attacked. According to the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine disabled one of the four military bases of the Russians. The railway bridge between Melitopol and Tokmak in the village of Lyubimovka was also blown up, along which Russian troops brought weapons to the occupied city.

Ukrainian artillery also hit residential areas. According to analysts, this could have happened as a result of the operation of Russian air defense systems, which changed the trajectory of Ukrainian missiles.