A UAV strike damaged the dam of the Belgorod Reservoir in Russia’s Shebekinsky District, triggering flooding downstream.The local Pepel ➜ Belgorod Telegram channel reported the incident.According to t...

Russian aircraft have accidentally dropped at least 127 bombs on Russian territory and on temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine.

A UAV strike damaged the dam of the Belgorod Reservoir in Russia’s Shebekinsky District, triggering flooding downstream.The local Pepel ➜ Belgorod Telegram channel reported the incident.According to t...

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are reportedly engaging in battles within Russia's Belgorod region near the Ukraine border. On Thursday, March 20, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Russian region, issued multiple alerts about the threat of missile attacks in the Krasnoyaruzhsky and Rakityansky districts. According to his reports, several areas within the region have faced drone attacks in the past 24 hours. Shelling has been documented in the Volokonovsky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Shebekinsky districts, as well as the Grayvoronsky municipal district. The news outlet "7x7 - Horizontal Russia" reports requests from residents of the Rakityansky district for evacuation due to ongoing battles in the neighboring Krasnoyaruzhsky district. People in Ilek-Koshary, located 15 km from the border, have been living without electricity, water, and gas, under constant shelling conditions for the fourth day, as noted in a post by "7x7" on Telegram. Residents have complained to the governor about the lack of means to leave the village. Other localities in the district are facing similar situations. The outlet also reported that authorities in Belgorod started evacuating residents from the Krasnoyaruzhsky district on March 18 amid Ukrainian attempts to breach the border and attacks on the settlements of Grafovka and Demidovka. Authorities encouraged people to relocate to temporary accommodation and promised to provide food packages. However, comments on Gladkov’s page noted that no official evacuation had been declared and that many who left voluntarily weren't eligible for compensation. On the evening of March 19, it was reported that authorities had closed entry to the Krasnoyaruzhsky district, which Ukrainian forces are trying to breach. The settlements are being patrolled by Rosgvardiya, police, and territorial defense, and enterprises within a 15-kilometer zone from the border have been instructed to procure armored vehicles for workers and continue paying salaries to those unable to work. Official information regarding activities in these border areas remains scarce. As "7x7 - Horizontal Russia" highlights, while authorities are publicly silent about evacuations, efforts have been ongoing in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district since the evening of March 18. On March 20, the Belgorod governor publicly acknowledged the death of a Rosgvardiya officer during hostilities on the Grafovka to Repêzhovka road. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced the destruction of a Russian Armed Forces command post near Demidovka on March 18. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense, on March 20, claimed to have destroyed "armored vehicles and manpower belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Belgorod's border areas." The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Ukrainian units have advanced south and southwest of Demidovka, as well as southwest of Grafovka. However, it remains unclear if these positions are being held, as outlined in their report. According to the Telegram channel VChK-OGPU, Russian troops along the entire Belgorod region border have been put on high alert. "FPV drones cover the skies over the main roads, and UAVs from the Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly control roads within Russia's territory," states the channel. Sources revealed that the previous night, Ukrainian forces executed a series of successful incursions across the border: small groups on quad bikes were inserted to the outskirts of the village of Demidovka in the Belgorod region.

Russian bombers dropped 11 more aerial bombs on Russian soil and in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to ASTRA Telegram channel . ASTRA says that since the start of 2025, at least 125 aerial bombs (118 FAB and 7 UMPB) and three missiles have fallen from Russian aircraft on Russian and on occupied territories. The latest incidents include: - September 17: Two FABs in Belgorod region’s Shebekinsky district, near the villages of Ripnoye and Starikovo. - September 21: Farmers found a bomb crater in a field near Nizhniye Piny in Rakitnyansky district, Belgorod region. - September 22: Another bomb was found near the village of Bogorodskoye in Novooskolsky district, Belgorod region. - September 25: An FAB-500 fell a few hundred meters from a residential house in Razumnoye, Belgorodsky district, Belgorod region. The same day, a bomb was found in Russia-occupied Osikove in Starobeshevsky district of Ukraine’s Donetsk region. - September 27: An FAB fell from a Russian aircraft in Aleksandrovka, Volokonovsky district, Belgorod region. - September 28: Two more FABs were found in Belgorod region — in Golofeyevka, Volokonovsky district, and in the hamlet of Antoshkin, Chervono-Gvardeysky district. - September 29: A Russian aerial bomb fell in the occupied village of Rozovka near Shakhtarsk in Donetsk People’s Republic. - October 2: Another FAB was found in the occupied settlement of Slavnoye near Shakhtarsk. No injuries were reported in any of the 11 cases, ASTRA said. Overall, ASTRA reports it is aware of at least 125 aerial bombs (118 FAB and 7 UMPB) and three missiles that have fallen from Russian aircraft in Russia and on occupied Ukrainian territory since the beginning of 2025. In 2024, at least 165 FAB bombs reportedly fell on those areas. Earlier, it was reported that a Russian bomb fell near a residential building outside Belgorod, injuring three people, including a 13-year-old girl.

At least four Russian aerial bombs have been accidentally dropped in the Belgorod region in the past month, according to independent outlet Astra . The latest incident occurred on January 19 in the village of Pervoye Tseplyaevo in Shebekinsky District, where a bomb landed near a residential building. Authorities evacuated nearly 50 residents from neighboring houses, and no injuries were reported. That same day, a Russian FAB-500 was discovered in the village of Sukharevo in Valuysky District, also near a residential building. On January 21, a 20-meter-deep crater from a munition was found on Gubkina Street in Belgorod. To extract the bomb, officials closed roads and evacuated nearby residents. Nearly a day later, crews removed a Russian FAB-500 from the ground and transported it to a range near the village of Butovo for disposal. The first incident of 2026 was recorded on January 5 in Shebekinsky District, near the village of Batratskaya Dacha. No casualties were reported. On the evening of December 6, a presumed Russian aerial bomb fell near an electrical substation on Storozhevaya Street in Belgorod, triggering an explosion and power disruptions, The Insider reported. Officials did not comment on the specifics, saying only that an “unidentified munition” had struck the city. In total, Astra estimates at least 143 Russian aerial bombs fell on the region in 2025.

21 July 2026 A UAV strike damaged the dam of the Belgorod Reservoir in Russia’s Shebekinsky District, triggering flooding downstream. The local Pepel ➜ Belgorod Telegram channel reported the incident. According to the channel, the drone attack took place on July 19. Satellite images published by the outlet appear to show an uncontrolled release of water from […]