Two Russian villages evacuated after fire at munitions depot near Ukraine border

A woman walks along the edge of a crater from a rocket strike in Druzhkivka, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine (David Goldman/AP)

Residents of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border were evacuated after a fire at a munitions depot, the area’s governor said.

There were no casualties in the blaze, which happened late on Thursday near the village of Timonovo, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov added.