A fragment of a Ukrainian Tochka-U missile caused the collapse of an apartment building in Belgorod on 12 May 2024.
Unresolvable Claimed by Ministry of Defence of Russia on 12 May 2024.
The statement
Russia's defence ministry said air defences shot down Tochka-U missiles and rockets over Belgorod region and that a missile fragment damaged the apartment building that collapsed.
- Origin of the claim Kyiv Independent
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2024-05-12) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-h6jb records the Russian defence ministry's account and the denial by Andrii Kovalenko of Ukraine's security council; the Kyiv Independent said it could not verify either. No independent evidence in the record shows what caused the collapse. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-02kj, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-02kj/