Russia ‘to evacuate 9,000 children’ from Ukrainian border due to shelling

A building was destroyed in Nikolskoye village, Belgorod region (Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov telegram channel via AP)

About 9,000 children are to be evacuated from a Russian border region which is being shelled by Ukraine, an official claimed.

Kyiv’s forces have increasingly been striking at targets behind the extensive front line that has changed little after more than two years of war.