2024-03-20 12:37:07
After the increasing shelling of areas on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia would ensure the security of its border regions. That is the priority task, he said on Wednesday in Moscow. Meanwhile, the situation in the Russian border region of Belgorod, which has been under fire from the Ukrainian side for days, continues to worsen. One person was killed. Ukraine reported three deaths following Russian shelling.
Russian troops attacked a car carrying civilians in the Kherson municipality, killing two men, the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said on Telegram. According to preliminary information, the men were killed in the shelling. They were regarding 40 years old. A man was also injured in a drone strike in the Kherson region. According to authorities, another person was killed in the northeastern region of Sumy.
The Belgorod regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced on Wednesday an early start to the holidays for the regional capital Belgorod and the districts on the border with Ukraine. Some of the lessons will still be conducted online. In seven districts, checkpoints with security forces have begun to be set up, as in crisis areas, to regulate access to towns.
Russia has plans on how it will respond, Putin said. However, it will not attack the population or civilian targets in Ukraine. “There are different methods here. They are not easy. But we will do it.”
Federation Council President Valentina Matviyenko also announced an “appropriate response” to the attacks and retaliation in Moscow. The attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces were specifically directed once morest civilian objects and cities, said Putin’s confidant – without providing any evidence. She accused the USA, Great Britain and NATO of coordinating the actions of the Ukrainian army. She did not provide any evidence for this either. Pro-Ukrainian paramilitaries have claimed responsibility for the attacks, but not Kiev’s regular armed forces.
The authorities in the Belgorod region announced that they would distribute food due to the increasingly poor supply situation in the area, the Russian state news agency Tass reported. The day before, Governor Gladkow had also announced that a total of 9,000 children would be brought to safety. Last year there were already evacuations following the region was shelled.
Armed personnel from the Interior Ministry, the National Guard, the Border Guard and the Ministry of Defense are supposed to regulate access to the towns at the checkpoints. “Who will ensure safe access to the respective residential address at times when there is no shelling,” said Gladkow. At the same time, residents should continue to be convinced to leave their houses and apartments for their own safety.
The border region of Belgorod is considered an important staging area for the Russian army from which to wage its war once morest Ukraine.
Ukraine attacked the Engels air base deep in Russia with drones, according to Ukrainian intelligence sources. The governor of the Saratov region, where the base is located, said Ukrainian drones were shot down near the town of Engels. However, no damage was reported. The results of the attack are being checked, according to Ukrainian intelligence circles. The base is the main base of Russia’s fleet of long-range strategic bombers and is located near the city of Saratov – regarding 730 kilometers southeast of Moscow and hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
Ukraine has been resisting the Russian invasion for more than two years. There are also counterattacks on Russian territory, where military targets are the focus. However, the damage on the Russian side is disproportionate to the devastating destruction and the high number of dead and injured on the Ukrainian side.
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