INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As air defense systems shoot down incoming rockets and sirens sound through the city, two girls rush to the train station
as he drops them off at the station, where they are catching a train to Moscow
war on Ukraine, the Kremlin has worked to insulate ordinary Russians from the effects of the conflict
But in Belgorod, a city of 350,000 just 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, near-daily Ukrainian shelling over the past 10 days has
made the war all but inescapable.The latest wave of air raids came as a response to a unprecedented Russian aerial attack on Dec
Alexandra was burned alive in her car
30 shelling, the city has been living in a state of shock and anxiety
Due to the high risk of an attack, authorities called off all New Year celebrations, including the traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve masses
waiter in a restaurant at the intersection where a shell hit on Dec
blast, and then saw burning cars and corpses in front of the restaurant
People all around were running for their lives looking for shelter
found a new remote job that he says will give him the flexibility to leave the city if needed.Zoya, 62, a pensioner who lives higher up in
summer counteroffensive and cross-border raids by pro-Ukrainian Russian saboteurs.Now, there's concern that Belgorod could face a similar
5, local authorities said they would evacuate all residents who wished to do so
rocket attacks, school holidays have been extended until Jan
sedatives for months to cope with the stress of shelling, says she thinks Russians living elsewhere can hardly understand what it is like to
It was then that she decided to leave.She and her son are now staying with a friend in Moscow while her husband stays in Belgorod to work
shelling, according to official figures
Kremlin has labeled the Dec
who found an unexploded shell in his garden a few days earlier
