Moscow accuses Ukraine of shelling Russian border city after aerial assault

Belgorod (Alamy/PA)

Officials in Moscow have accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Russian border city of Belgorod, a day after an 18-hour aerial Russian barrage across Ukraine killed at least 39 civilians.

Two children were killed in Belgorod, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement. He added that an unspecified number of people were injured.