Putin keeps bombing his own citizens by mistake

Russia’s bombs have left a trail of destruction in its own borders (Picture: east2west)

Putin seems so hellbent on redrawing Russia’s border with Ukraine, his military has repeatedly bombed its own citizens this year.

We’re less than halfway through 2024 and already Russia has ‘accidentally dropped’ 39 aerial bombs on the Belgorod region alone.

There were 30 homes damaged and five people were injured when an FAB-500 bomb fell in a civilian area on May 4.

A 500kg gliding bomb capable of creating a 15-metre-wide crater, it’s usually used to decimate Ukraine’s frontline fighters.

Sitting on the border with northeastern Ukraine, Belgorod has found itself caught in the crossfire of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

It’s from this region that Putin has launched his latest bid to capture Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, sending troops pouring over the border towards towns and villages like Vovchansk and Lyptsi in recent days.

Modified Soviet-era gliding bombs are wreaking havoc on Putin’s own citizens as Russia repeatedlybombs itself (Picture: east2west news/Ministry of Emergency Situations)

Back in March, more than 9,000 children were evacuated from the region as anti-Putin brigades like the Freedom of Russia legion staged the largest cross-border raids yet, Kyiv Independent reported.

The evacuees were removed from areas like Grayvoron, the most western village in Belgorod, where Russian military had installed Grad rocket launchers on intersections, the Kyiv Post said.

Just last week, an apartment building collapsed in Belgorod after it was hit by what appeared to be a Ukrainian missile.

But most of the damage caused to this border region has been a result of Russia’s own missiles.

Since the start of the year, Russia has dropped 39 bombs on Belgorod, Russian outlet The Insider revealed.

Most of these incidents have involved variants of the FAB bomb, which has been adapted from Soviet-era weaponry.

The other was a Kh-59 missile.

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Another independent Russian outlet, Astra, found Putin’s forces had dropped at least 33 bombs on Russian territory, and Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine, between March and May this year.

Four were dropped in Belgorod on May 10 alone.

Such mistakes have left homes destroyed, cars burnt out, and Russian citizens fearing for their lives at the hands of their own army’s incompetence.

The UK government blamed the accidental bombings on poor training and fatigue, Newsweek reported.

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