the number of people killed as a result of shelling of the city center by the ukrainian military increased to 18, and the number of people injured increased to 111, this is information from the ministry of emergency situations. there are children on both lists; russia has already called the incident a senseless, brutal terrorist attack and a gross violation of international law, since the attack was obviously carried out only on civilian targets. 22 apartment buildings, commercial buildings, and more than 100 cars were damaged. the authorities of the belgorod region will now do everything possible to... help

the wounded and those who have lost loved ones. many other russian regions also offered help. a temporary accommodation center is being set up in belgorod and five information centers have been opened where you can learn everything about the situation and seek help. all festive events in the city are officially cancelled, our own correspondent, alexander korobov, reports from belgorod. belgorod continues to recover from the terrorist attack of the ukrainian armed forces, which hit the city within 24 hours. two missile strikes and the last one, of course, was the heaviest, a large number of dead victims , doctors are fighting for their lives, now it’s too early to talk about any results, shrapnel pierced the car door and wounded them in the legs, i still don’t know how strong, but he has a phone here, well, not now, he doesn’t know anything, they did an x-ray, but they took him away for surgery, and there are fragments on his legs, so to pull them out, how serious everything is there.

the city was very badly damaged, especially its central part; ammunition from ukrainian missiles scattered over a fairly large area. squares, many damaged houses , broken windows, cut facades, operational services are all in place, special attention, of course, now to craters and places of arrivals, sappers are working there, inspecting the territory for unexploded ammunition, because the most important thing is safety for residents, so they can return. their homes, and in general they visit some areas, because some streets are still blocked, power engineers are working to restore street lighting, all law enforcement agencies are in place patrol and control the territory. just recently, a meeting of the security council chaired by governor vyacheslav glatkov ended. the meeting of the operational headquarters ended, where all the heads of village structures were obliged to...

the moscow authorities have already announced, many other regions are offering their help, there is a lot of work, of course, in the city as a whole, and in the region as a whole, the year has not been easy, belgorod they call it a white city, this day was the blackest for him in the entire 2023. alexander korobov, lead belgorod, well, here’s some more footage our colleagues from belgorod, governor vyacheslav glotkov visited one of the damaged ones. apartments, the premises were destroyed

by a direct hit from a shell. the consequences of the shelling in belgorod could have been more destructive, but most of the ammunition fired at the city was intercepted, the ministry of defense stated. according to the department , belgorod was hit with alha missiles with cluster munitions and czech-made vampire rockets. the ministry of defense believes that kiev is trying to provoke russia into such actions, but emphasized that. our armed forces only attack military targets and the infrastructure associated with them. today, the kiev regime attempted an indiscriminate combined strike on the city of belgorod, with two alha missiles in prohibited cluster ammunition, as well as rockets from a czech- made vampire multiple launch rocket system. the alha missile and most of the rsso vamper missiles were used in air defense. intercepted.

several rockets and cluster parts from the downed vilkha missiles hit the city belgorod. as a result, 12 adults and two children have died so far. and 108 people were also injured. in the event of a direct hit by alha missiles with cluster munitions on the city, the consequences would be immeasurably more severe. the kiev regime, by inflicting indiscriminate attacks on areas and committing this crime, is trying to distract attention from the defeat at the front, as well as provoke us to similar actions. we emphasize that the russian armed forces work only on military targets and directly related ones. with them infrastructure, we will continue to act this way, this crime will not go unpunished. vladimir putin was informed about the shelling of belgorod, said press secretary of the head of state dmitry peskov. on the instructions of the president , a ministry of health team led by minister mikhail murashko, as well as a group

from the ministry of emergency situations, have already been sent to belgorod to provide assistance to the victims. sergei sabyanin called the incident a great tragedy and promised to provide all the assistance necessary for the restoration of belgorod. he noted that moscow doctors joined the team. but wounded belgorod residents will be able to be sent to the capital for treatment if necessary. well, here is the un's reaction. attacks on civilians and infrastructure are a violation of international humanitarian law and must be stopped immediately and condemned. this was stated in the office of the secretary general of the united nations, commenting on the strikes of the ukrainian armed forces on belgorod. let me remind you that in connection with the shelling, russia requested a meeting of the un security council, it should begin at midnight moscow time, that is. in less than an hour. earlier, the russian media stated that our country demanded the presence of the permanent representative of the czech republic at the meeting to explain the supply of ammunition to kiev, with which the city was shelled, but the czech representative, as it became known, refused to participate in the meeting. protests are already taking place across the country

in support of belgorod residents. in rostov-nadon , a huge banner was displayed on the facade of the football stadium. against the background of the tricolor, the line “belgorod, we are with you” runs in large font. previously. many regional heads have already expressed their support for belgorod residents after tragedy. there are reports online about new attacks on targets in ukraine. an air raid alert has been declared in ten regions of the country. girani work in the kiev region, broadcast by local publics. eyewitnesses share footage of what happened. targets, according to media reports, include a hotel in kharkov where foreign mercenaries are believed to be located. not far from it is the ukrainian armed forces hospital. the exact number of militants killed so far. not reported. earlier, today it became known about arrivals in odessa, that that the russian army is now hitting targets in ukraine was confirmed by the governor of the belgorod region, vyacheslav glodkov. in his telegram channel, he wrote that it ’s loud in belgorod because the russian armed forces, quote, are working for the other side. now

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illuminated a new domed cross for st. vladimir's cathedral. the temple was founded in 1861 to perpetuate the adoption of christianity by prince vladimir. the building is currently undergoing large-scale reconstruction. what still needs to be repaired when the cathedral opens its doors, yana shcherbata found out. in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. stainless steel plated with gold. the bora in hersanes is an exact copy of the pre-revolutionary one, it is illuminated before installation. this will be the cross of faith, victory, peace, prosperity and love. the moment is historic. the cathedral was built on the site where the saint was baptized equal to the apostles prince vladimir. we continue to slowly lower the cross onto the base. let's lower it, there's still about a meter left. the builders are like jewelers checking everything. down to the millimeter, the 175-kilogram cross must withstand stormy winds. the victory cross

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russian chess players ended the year in a royal manner; at the world championship in samarkand in rapid blitz chess, the russians won

four medals, two gold, silver and bronze. we have never won four medals at the world championships in rapid chess and blitz, not only have we never had such a result, and that is, if we take such an unofficial team classification, but there is no doubt that the russian team. despite all the obstacles that we have, that are put in front of us, we are the best, that is , once again, it means that our guys have shown the strength of domestic chess. schools total dominance in women's chess, the rapid tournament was won by anastasia bodnaruk, and in valentina gunina blitzed. in the final seventeenth game, gunina defeated one of the strongest chess players in the world, ukrainian anna muzychuk. the match ended with unsportsmanlike behavior on the part of the ukrainian. she refused, contrary to chess etiquette, from shaking hands. after 11 years, valentina gunina

is again the queen of lightning blitz. the russian demonstrated more than just her skill at the board. play, so i can study, but since i have problems with concentration, that’s why, that is, for me this is a victory more valuable, because this is how it turns out double efforts, rapit i have never won before.

although not official, the scattering of world championship awards is strong proof of the unconditional leadership of the russian chess school. one hundred sredikul residents and karen melikyan, to lead. the women's front is on air. special report by marat kremcheev about how female volunteers are fighting in the svo area. for almost 2 years at the front, former flight attendant, now an officer of the 42nd division, anna ilyasova, began to understand, it seems, plus or minus any weapons and, of course, mastered the machine gun, the company in which lieutenant iliasova serves

as deputy commander was just brought out from the front line for replenishment, and is now training with recruits every day. experienced fighters. the backbone of the company definitely has enough experience. the unit, starting in the summer, very successfully repelled the counter-offensive of the ukrainian armed forces in the zaporozhye direction. they fought part-time. that's it, the disco is over, we're going back. by the time these battles began, anna, her call sign squirrel, had already spent a year and a half at the front.

i've been at war since i was fourteen, first of all, the svo, i came voluntarily to the frankov house of culture in the kirov region, so i decided to join, you’re a fascist, let’s go when on the twentieth of february 2022, a few days before the start of the svo. mobilization began in the dpr, anna ilyasova decided that she would go to fight, then everything happened surprisingly, somehow routinely, perhaps because of the turmoil at the recruiting station , not only did no one dissuade ilyasova, but they didn’t even offer her any position, after a very short time, she found herself on the front line. when i arrived, i submitted a form, i

they said: go to the assembly hall, i went into the assembly hall, i was the only woman there , there were all guys, well, in principle , girls had served in the donbass before, the guys reacted normally, that is, no one was surprised, no, absolutely no one was surprised, so then in the evening they called my name, said get off, go on the bus, i got on the bus, we were taken to the eleventh regiment, and from there my military journey began. naturally, her son was a first-year student at donetsk university at that time, and anna’s mother, to put it mildly, dissuaded her. but mom is actually also very against it, she thought that everything was not serious, then when i came, packed my things, i said, mom, i ’m leaving right now, she’s like you now, i say,

i thought you were joking, no, i’m leaving right now , well, mom, well, you know, my character is like this, if i decided, i will do it, i have to, i have been living in donbass for all these years since i was fourteen, i live with this idea, i live for the sake of the people, and i couldn’t do it any other way sit on the sidelines. well, she knew my character, she said, well, she’s already decided, go. if you tell anya ilyasova, model 2013, she would hardly have believed what fate awaited her ahead. by that time, it had already been 2 years since, after passing a huge competition, anya got a job at jordan airlines. very, yes, interesting work, the social circle was very interesting, i saw the world, but i always wanted to go home, home is home. i've visited so many countries. during my work, well , i probably visited about 35 countries in 2 years, yes, yes, and at the same time, ilyasova received a second higher specialization in international relations

and did an internship at the ukrainian embassy in jordan, from where she observed everything that was happening on the maidan. in the spring of 2014, anna returned home to donbass. on may 9, it was the fourteenth year, my friends called me and said: “ann, do you know english, journalists from the lebanese channel have arrived, could you?” to lead them to mariupol, the city was encircled, ukrainian troops were already stationed, but since we had documents, the press, everything was written on the helmets of the press, we were allowed into the city, we arrived, the events in the city had already taken place police departments burned the police departments of the guys alive, when we arrived there, people were already running away from the rally, saying: don’t go there, it’s dangerous there, there are snipers sitting there, well, on the roofs of houses, at that moment, well, i already

realized that if this is already happening in mariupol, 100%, in the coming days the same thing will happen to donetsk, well, in principle, it happened, on may 26 the first bombing of donetsk began. since 2014, anya worked for an organization in donetsk, and then for a short time she got a job in the ministry of internal affairs. probably due to higher education and this experience at the very beginning of the northern military district, she was appointed deputy company commander in the people's militia of the dpr. i did this all consciously.

civilians from the city led to terrible consequences, i will never forget a boy of about 12, i remember well... the guys and i generally made a decision, because it was really a collapse, we completely walked through the entrances, through the basements, and handed out our food people, and the child, well, in our time

, the child rejoiced at the bread, he cried and rejoiced at the bread at the same time, this is the worst thing, no one could have thought that in our time, we will also experience this, after mariupol, the unit where the squirrel then served was transferred to the ugledar direction in time. we split into two groups, on the right side, from the side of the camp, two soldiers are running, running up, what are you doing here, who are you? well, i introduced myself as 18-25 sat, who is older? i say: i’m older, the girl looks, well, we were surprised, what are you doing here? i say, they came with a platoon to clean up, quickly leave, you have been copied, now they will come here to attack you, well, that’s basically what happened, on

thinking literally... true, here she has slightly different tasks than in the first months of the north military district. anna is the deputy company commander for military-political work. simply put, a political officer. in addition to her main tasks, belka works with volunteers and helps with recruiting new soldiers to the service. in a year and a half, she brought more than 300 people to the division. no, well, the guys respect me, because i think not every woman would dare to take such a step, they already understand. and... the guys

treat me very well, very friendly relations, i’ll even say more, we are already like a family, let’s say, it’s very nice, i have guys from astrakh, not from volgograd, well, very good guys, they shoot, yes, yes, i’m not used to it anymore, the company in which the squirrel has been serving since the summer of this year , the unit that you can’t get enough of in combat , as mentioned above, roto carried out tasks in the zaporozhye direction, during work, and anna quite often came to the soldiers on the front line, this is just like a breeze, hello everyone, call sign rambo, squad leader, knight of the order of courage, the hardest battles in my opinion are this here at the moment, at the moment , the zaporozhye region is working on

the novopokrovka willow plant.

her to take off her skirt to spoil her, this shouldn’t happen, that is, as if by her presence here, she stimulates us so that we move forward. the soldiers who serve in the unit together with belka say that anya was eager to fight and came to positions, even at the moments when the heaviest fighting was going on on the zaporozhye front. we scolded her very much for this, because we take care of her.