Bomb scares and military tensions escalate in Russia and Ukraine.
TL;DR
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from 17 apartment buildings in Belgorod, Russia, after an explosive device was found in the city near the Ukraine border. The explosive was disposed of by military explosive experts at a training ground. The evacuation was a precautionary measure after a Russian warplane accidentally dropped a bomb on the city two days earlier, damaging local houses and injuring three people.
- Thousands evacuated in Russia’s Belgorod after bomb scare Al Jazeera English
- Another bomb found in Belgorod just days after Russia accidentally struck the city CNN
- Ukraine reportedly sets up positions on eastern Dnipro river in attempt to dislodge Russian troops – as it happened The Guardian
- Russia's Belgorod sees mass evacuations over undetonated bomb BBC
- More explosives found after Russia bombed its own city euronews
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