Ukraine Fightback Forces Thousands of Kids to Evacuate Inside Russia

A region of western Russia on the border with Ukraine is evacuating around 9,000 children after a series of shelling and missile attacks which have been blamed on Kyiv, an official announced.

Vyacheslev Gladkov, the governor of the threatened Belgorod region, said the children would be moved further to the east away from the border. The decision comes amid constant attacks in the area, where anti-Kremlin Russians have also recently attempted to make armed incursions into Russia.

A total of 16 people have been killed and another 98 wounded throughout the region this week, Gladkov said, according to the BBC. Students were kept home from school on Monday and Tuesday in Belgorod City while shopping centers were also ordered to close on Sunday and Monday. The first cohort of 1,200 children are set to be evacuated on Friday.

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