300 Belgorod residents move due to Ukrainian bombing

“These citizens made the decision to temporarily move to the Gubkin and Korochansky districts of the Stary Oskol region,” he said.

Gladkov said his government had received 1,300 requests to send Belgorod children to rural school camps in other regions.

“I called my fellow governors of the Voronezh, Kaluga, Tambov and Yaroslavl regions. Everyone is ready to help us. Now we have sent our specialists to control the situation of children,” he explained.

On December 30, Ukrainian forces attacked Belgorod city centre, killing 25 people in the terrorist attack, including five children, and wounding 109 people.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the articles of murder and intentional destruction of Russian property.

Regarding the incident, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zagarova denounced that Britain and the United States were behind the bombing.

In addition, on January 2, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 24 Vilja missiles and two Tochka-U missiles at the city and the region, and on January 3, six Tochka-U and six MLRS Vilja missiles. In this case, one person died and 12 others were injured.

According to the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the most massive shelling occurred on January 6, when Ukrainian forces fired 129 shells, mostly at the Graivoronsky urban district.

On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow would carry out a military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the leaders of the self-declared Donbas republics to demilitarize the government in Kiev.

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