The Latest Breaking News from Belgorod

Senior Russian senator Andrei Klishas accused Ukraine of shelling a residential area of Belgorod and demanded retaliation after deaths and damage to buildings in the area

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Russian lawmaker blames Ukraine for attack, calling for a military response

Russia’s defence ministry said Sunday that Moscow’s forces have achieved the “liberation” of the eastern Luhansk province and taken “full control” of the city of Lysychansk. The mayor of Sloviansk in Ukraine’s neighbouring Donetsk province said it was hit by shelling on Sunday, and that “many” people were dead and…

At least three people were killed and dozens of residential buildings damaged in Russia's Belgorod on Sunday, the local governor said, after earlier reports of several blasts heard in the city that lies near the border with Ukraine.

The Russian strike went dramatically wrong when the Iskander missile disintegrated and exploded soon after launch according to sources in Kyiv who say it fell apart

The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia’s war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military base there.

Russia ‘absolutely’ poses a security threat to Moldova, the British foreign secretary said

Locals speak of a tense atmosphere after a number of attacks – and reports of Ukrainian saboteurs

One person was wounded when forces in Ukraine fired at a Russian village close to the border, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app early on Sunday.

If confirmed, it would mark the first time a Russian was killed inside the country by Ukraine shelling since war began.