Today, as a result of shelling in the south of the Belgorod region, one person was killed, eight were injured. Russianear the border with Ukrainethe regional governor said.

“Our air defense system was activated over Belgorod and the Belgorod region,” said commander Vyacheslav Gladkov.

He added that a factory was destroyed in several apartment buildings in the area, windows were smashed and cars were smashed.

Three eyewitnesses told Reuters that loud explosions were heard in the city today.

Belgorod is one of several regions in southern Russia where, since the start of the war in Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation” on February 24, targets such as ammunition depots or fuel depots have been hit.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters, AFP.}