Russians relocate residents of Ukrainian-affected city

Russia is moving people out of Belgorod because Ukraine attacked the city and it’s not safe for them to stay there.

On Friday, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that a few families had moved out of the city, which is near the border of Ukraine.

Over the weekend, 25 people died and over 100 were hurt in one of the worst attacks in Russia since it entered Ukraine in February 2022.

The attack came after Russia launched a lot of airstrikes on Ukraine, killing many people and hurting over 160.

Kyiv said that Russia‘s recent missile attacks were the largest so far in the war.

On Friday, Mr. Gladkov wrote on Telegram that he saw people asking for help on social media because they were scared and needed to get to a safe place.

“Sure, we will. We have already helped many families move,” he said.

The governor said people would be brought to the towns of Stary Oskol and Gubkin and could stay there for as long as they need.

However, he said that not everyone could be helped there, so he would ask friends from other places to come and help.

The governor sent out a message telling people that a missile could come and to go home or find a safe place to stay.

Russia keeps saying that Ukraine is responsible for the drone attacks that have been happening recently.

Kyiv doesn’t often admit to doing attacks in other countries, but they have done it before.

The fighting across borders has happened because the US is saying Russia is making the situation worse in Ukraine. They say Russia is using missiles and launchers from North Korea, which is a big problem.

Moscow said they didn’t work together on that.

The US government recently approved a $250 million military aid package for Ukraine.

Negotiations for more money in Congress have stopped because Republicans don’t agree. They want stronger security at the US-Mexico border as part of any military aid deal.

Ukraine says it needs more help from the West or it could lose the war and have money problems.