A fire broke out in premises belonging to the Ministry of Defense in the Belgorod region, near the border with Ukraine, according to its governor, causing one person to be injured.
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“On the border of three municipalities – the Borissov and Belgorod regions and the Yakovlevsky urban district – a fire broke out on the territory of one of the objects of the Ministry of Defense,” the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
A little later, he announced that a person had been slightly injured, ensuring that the emergency services were at work on the spot.
Earlier in the day, the governor of another border region, that of Kursk, for his part indicated on Telegram that at the end of the morning part of a railway line used for freight had collapsed at the level of a bridge, with no casualties.
“It was sabotage, a criminal case was opened. The authorities in charge of the investigation, the experts of the police force will solve the problem , promised the governor Roman Starovoit, without naming the Ukrainian forces and by promising additional details later.
Russia has repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of carrying out strikes on Russian soil, in regions near the border with Ukraine.
