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According to the Belgorod city government, the fire was caused by an air strike by two Ukrainian military helicopters that violated Russian airspace. Photo/tass
The area is in a state of emergency and settlements, near the border, are being evacuated. The attack caused damage to buildings and injured a number of civilians.
“Our village of Zhuravlevka was shelled from the Ukrainian side. There was damage to houses and community buildings,” Gladkov said on Telegram.
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Gladkov initially said he had “no information about injuries or deaths,” but later revealed that there were injured among the residents.
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Zhuravlevka is near the common border of the two countries. Two other border villages, Spodaryushino and Bezymeno, were also hit by artillery fire on Thursday morning.
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Residents were evacuated and no injuries were reported.
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