Read Latest News on Sports, Business, Entertainment, Blogs and Opinions from leading columnists. Russian retaliation after the Ukrainian strike in Belgorod, where - according to a more recent account - At least 18 people were killed and 111 injured. As reported by Ukrainian and international networks, a Russian missile attack hit a medical institution, residential complexes, the Kharkiv Palace Hotel and other civilian targets in central Kharkiv, causing At least 19 people were injured. According to the governor of the region, Oleg Sinikopov, two children were among the wounded. "The occupation forces struck the central sector of Kharkiv, bombing exclusively civilian infrastructure. These include medical facilities, residential complexes, shops and public places." The governor wrote. Local television networks broadcast images of the incident Kharkiv Palace HotelIn the center of the city that was damaged. Moscow's new attack comes Response to Ukrainian strikes in BelgorodThe latest toll was 18 dead and 111 wounded. The governor of the region stated that the attack on Belgorod had taken place The worst since the Russian invasion of Ukrainein February 2022. "Today, the bombing of the Ukrainian armed forces has had the most serious consequences in the last two years." He wrote distinctively on a telegram. According to him, more than 100 vehicles were damaged or destroyed, and 22 homes, shops, and a commercial center were damaged. With the announcement of the Ministry of Defense. Moscow warned that the attack would not go unpunished.. According to BBCA source in the Ukrainian security services said that Kiev forces were behind the attack that occurred today in the city of Belgorod. The source indicated that Ukraine launched 70 drones to Russia on Saturday in response to a large wave of Russian raids on Ukraine on Friday. He added that Ukraine was strictly targeting military infrastructure and blamed Russian air defenses for civilian casualties. It was noted that Intensive Russian bombing hit many civilian targets across Ukraine on FridayWith more than 150 missiles and drones launched at Kiev, Lviv, Odessa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kharkiv. The Ukrainian Air Force announced, in fact, that it had never received such a number of missile strikes at the same time. According to what the President of Ukraine said. Volodymyr ZelenskyAt least 39 people were killed in Friday's strikes, while at least 159 others were injured. "This is the largest missile attack." "After those first days of the war," Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat told AFP.