Deadly Ukrainian shelling in Russia's Belgorod rages; thousands relocated
Belgorod governor has said shelling and strikes by Ukrainian forces continued overnight on Sunday after two were killed and thousands of Russians, including children, were displaced.
Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram channel that more than 4,000 people were relocated to temporary accommodation in the border region, which borders Ukraine to its south and west.
“Overnight, it was quite restless,” Gladkov said, adding that the Shebekino and Volokonovsky districts suffered “lots” of damage from shelling during the night.
Gladkov said he has escorted about 600 children from the region’s Shebekino and Graivoron districts to Yaroslavl and Kaluga.
“The children of Shebekino are very worried about their hometown,” Gladkov said. “I started leaving; they stopped me and with anxiety started asking questions.”
Shebekino, a town with a population of about 40,000 on the border and other places in the southern Russian region, has repeatedly come under attacks over the past week, forcing at least 2,500 people to relocate so far, Gladkov has said earlier.
Also on Friday, two people were killed and two injured overnight in the village of Sobolevka as Ukraine continued with shelling and striking the region during the day, including on Shebekino, Gladkov said.
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