The Russian province of Belgorod evacuated the residents of 9 towns from the border area with Ukraine after an armed incursion from Ukraine, while the Kremlin expressed its deep concern about armed incursions into Russian lands across the Ukrainian border.
In detail, the governor of the Russian Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced today, Tuesday, the evacuation of the civilian population from 9 villages in the region, following the incursion of an armed group coming from Ukraine, while dozens of artillery shells fell on several border cities on Monday.
Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram that “land clearance continues. Residents of Grivoron, Novostroevka, Gorkovsky, Bezymeno, Mokraya Orlovka, Glutovo, Gora Podol, Zamosti, Spodaryucheno have been evacuated.”
The governor of the Belgorod region said that over the past day, the Ukrainian armed forces bombed about 20 villages in the Belgorod region, injuring 12 civilians.
The Belgorod region was shelled 15 times during the past day, the Borisov region was shelled 3 times, and 5 shells were fired at the village of Stary Khutor in the Valoisky district.
The governor added that “the Shepkinsky metropolitan area was bombed 25 times.”
Russia said on Tuesday that the border area with Ukraine had been bombed with artillery and mortars.
It added that a number of people were injured as a result of mortar and artillery shelling of buildings and infrastructure.
Deep concern in Moscow
In Moscow, the Kremlin on Tuesday expressed its “deep concern” on the second day of an armed group’s incursion into Russian territory from Ukraine.
He called on the Kremlin to make “more efforts” to counter these attacks, which are intensifying and expanding.
“What happened yesterday causes deep concern and once again shows that Ukrainian militants continue their activities against our country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
And he added, “This requires us to make more efforts, and these efforts are continuing and the special military operation in Ukraine is continuing so that this does not happen anymore.”
Regarding the Ukrainian sabotage group in the Belgorod region, Peskov said, “The special military operation is continuing to prevent this from happening again.”
And about the participation of people of Russian nationality in the ranks of the sabotage group that attacked Belgorod district, he said: “We must proceed from the fact that they are all armed Ukrainians.”
He also said that Western countries, by supplying weapons to Ukraine, are increasingly involved in the conflict, adding that the West’s supply of weapons to Kiev, including F-6s, “cannot fundamentally change the situation.”
It is worth noting that in Moscow a Russian investigative committee was formed to identify the attackers on residential areas in the Belgorod region.
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2023-05-23 10:39:45
