As reported by the Russian opposition channel ASTRA on Telegram, on Tuesday morning for a school in the bordering area Ukraine A 250-kilogram FAB-250 bomb was dropped in the Belgorod region.
According to ASTRA channel sources, the bomb accidentally fell out of the plane, broke through the roof of the building and landed in one of the rooms on the third floor of a school in the Russian village of Bykovka.
Bomba it didn't explodethere was no need to evacuate the school. Police officers and territorial defense soldiers arrived on site. The event was also reported by the local channel “Piepieł”.
Russia: This is not the first mistaken bombing
A similar bomb fell on November 15 near the village of Bely Kolodez in the Shebekino region, but did not cause any damage. According to ASTRA channel, since the beginning of the war, the Russians have dropped at least 150 bombs on Russian territory.
Soviet FAB-250 and FAB-500 are aviation high-explosive bombs, produced since 1946. Russia uses them particularly often to bomb the Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts in Ukraine. They usually do not explode during accidental bombing and are successfully disarmed by sappers. The Russians used them, among others. during the wars in Afghanistan and Syria. She also used FAB-250 Ethiopia in the recent conflict with the Tigray region.