Authorities have fortified bus stations in the Russian city of Belgorod with sandbags and built concrete walls to allow civilians to take shelter in the areas after an increase in cross-border attacks from Ukraine in recent weeks, Reuters reported.

In the Russian city of Belgorod, measures were taken to protect the population: bus stops were fortified with sandbagsPhoto: Yevhen Silantiev / TASS / Profimedia

The aim is to build defensive barriers at all 556 bus stops in Belgorod (southern Russia), where Ukrainian rockets and drone strikes killed 25 people, including five children, on December 30 in the worst attack on the territory of Russia since the beginning of this year. conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

Located approximately 40 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, Belgorod felt the impact of the war much more strongly than other Russian cities.

In recent weeks, the most intensive Ukrainian bombing of a Russian city since the beginning of the war between Ukraine and Russia has been recorded.

Belgorod Mayor Valentin Demidov announced that 300 children aged 10 to 14 were sent to schools in Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow, for three weeks, and on Friday another 300 will be sent to other parts of Russia.

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