Russia started implementing entry restrictions on 14 settlements within the Belgorod area, which borders northeastern Ukraine, beginning Tuesday.
Security checkpoints will likely be put in in 14 completely different settlements of the area as of immediately, based on a number of Russian media experiences that cited final week’s assertion by Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The restrictions introduced in a video deal with on Telegram final Tuesday have an effect on 5 border districts: Belgorodsky, Borisovsky, Grayvoronsky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, and Shebekinsky.
Among the measures outlined by Gladkov are the set up of safety checkpoints on the entrances of populated areas and a prohibition on the entry of public transport, together with taxis. Anyone wishing to enter should notify native authorities prematurely.
Gladkov additionally acknowledged that girls and kids can be prohibited from coming into these localities, whereas grownup males can be allowed entry solely beneath strict rules.
“I hope that you will agree that it is certainly unacceptable to allow women and children into populated areas that are shelled every day,” he mentioned.
The southern area has confronted every day air assaults and shelling by the Ukrainian army, primarily focusing on settlements on or close to the bilateral border.
The area’s administrative capital, positioned about 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, Kharkiv, has additionally been focused by such assaults.
Source: www.anews.com.tr