Russian border region suffers sustained Ukrainian artillery and drone strikes

Shelling earlier this week struck Nikolskoye village, in the Belgorod region 

A Russian border region being pounded by Ukrainian shelling and drones is expanding its closure of schools and colleges amid a major evacuation plan, as Kyiv’s forces extend their campaign of long-range strikes.

Ukraine lacks ammunition supplies along the 620-mile front line due to a shortfall in promised Western supplies, which is one of the main factors forcing its army to take a more defensive stance.