Two separate shelling attacks on Russia have left four people dead while 2,500 people have been evacuated from border town Shebekino.
One shelling attack launched on Belgorod town Maslova Pristan about 15km from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in the north saw passing cars struck by shrapnel."Two women were travelling in one of them. They died from their injuries on the spot," Gladkov said.
About 2,500 residents have evacuated the town of Shebekino to the Belgorod Arena. Picture: Olga MALTSEVA / AFP “Overall, the attack involved up to 70 militants, five tanks, four armoured vehicles, seven pick-up trucks and a Kamaz truck,” the ministry said.The incursion was reportedly launched by Ukraine-aligned Russians fighting within their own country.
The Ukrainian army was accused of leading the attack however anti-Putin Russians from the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion who have linked up with the army against their own country took credit for the damage inflicted. Kyiv have been constantly repelling their own attacks in Russia, reporting on Friday to have shot down 36 Russian missiles and drones around the city with two people injured in the process.
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