the Russian city of Belgorod is barricaded

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Ukrainian incursion into Russia: Russian city of Belgorod barricades itself
Ukraine launched its offensive on Russian territory two weeks ago. In Belgorod, residents are preparing for anything.
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Ukraine launched its offensive on Russian territory two weeks ago. In Belgorod, residents are preparing for anything.

In Russia, the border regions with Ukraine are on a war footing. Russian army trucks are visible everywhere. In Shebekino (Russia), a small village five kilometers from Ukraine, the sirens of alerts and the sound of cannons resound. Residents take shelter in the entrance halls. Others do not even wait for the shooting to stop to leave. Their building was hit a few days earlier. Shootings have been taking place frequently in this village for months, now they are daily. More than half of the inhabitants have left and the movement is accelerating.

Like Shebekino, Belgorod, a Russian city of 300,000 inhabitants, is barricading itself. The authorities are constantly building new shelters. They are everywhere. A supermarket has even installed anti-drone nets on its roof. An anti-terrorist operation regime has been established in the Belgorod region, but also in Kursk and Brians.


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