Number of shelling attacks on Belgorod rises 1.5-fold since start of 2024 — Russian MFA
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Rodion Miroshnik pointed out that the peak of escalation in the Belgorod and Kursk regions “stemmed directly from [the enemy’s] desire to intimidate civilians both ahead of the [Russian] presidential election and during the vote count”