In Belgorod, about 600 people are evacuated because of ammunition
In Belgorod, about 600 people are being evacuated because of unexploded ammunition, a decision is made to dispose of it, said the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov in his Telegram channel.
"The sappers found one of these ammunition today on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street. Now the explosives of the Ministry of Defense are deciding to dispose of it. The operational headquarters decided to evacuate 323 individual houses within a radius of 500 meters. According to preliminary data, it's about 600 people," he wrote.
According to Gladkov, representatives of the city administration headed by Mayor Valentin Demidov and employees of the regional security department of the regional government are working on the spot.
They bypass residential buildings and offer those who want to go to temporary accommodation points - there they will be provided with hot meals. Near the collection points there are already buses for those who decide to move to the PVR, the head of the region noted.
He added that the houses will be protected by the police, municipal guards and self-defense until the residents are fully returned.
As the governor specified, two more shells were found in the Snail microdistrict. Now they are being checked by sappers, the place of examination has been cordoned off. Next, decisions will be made on the next steps.
Attacks on Belgorod
On the afternoon of December 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Belgorod. According to the Ministry of Defense, they used "Olkha" missiles with a cluster unit and the Czech Vampire MLRS. Air defenses intercepted most of the shells, but several ammunition and cluster units hit the city.
As the department stressed, the enemy troops carried out shelling in an attempt to distract attention from the defeats at the front and provoke the Russian army to such actions.
According to the latest data, 25 people, including five children, were the victims of the attack, and more than a hundred people were injured. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the articles "Attempted murder", "Murder", "Deliberate destruction or damage to property".
In the first days of the new year, Belgorod was shelled again. Thus, during the day on January 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 24 "Olkha" missiles and two "Tochki-U" missiles at the city and the region, all of them were shot down by Russian air defense systems. As a result of the Ukrainian attacks, one civilian was killed and another 11 were injured. On January 3, the air defense system destroyed 12 missiles: six "Tochek-U" and six "Olkha" MLRS shells. A teenage girl was injured in the shelling of the village of Soloti.
President Vladimir Putin called the attack on Belgorod a terrorist attack, noting that it was a targeted blow to the civilian population, which will not go unpunished.
