war in Ukraine
Russian cities put up signposts to bomb shelters
Kievans during a Russian attack in a subway station. The stops were also built at a great depth to serve as an air raid shelter.
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The western Russian Belogrod has already been shelled more often. There and in other Russian cities, the authorities are in the process of signing air raid shelters. Including in a place 3000 kilometers away from Ukraine.
Is it some kind of blame game, preparation for an emergency, or just overzealousness? Signposts to bomb shelters have been hung up in several Russian cities against the background of the war of aggression in Ukraine launched by Moscow. This is reported by several media.
700 air raid shelter signposts in Belgorod
“In Rostov-on-Don, such a sign has been placed in the city center,” reported the Internet portal Mediazona. Above all, regions near the Ukrainian border are affected by this official measure. There are also reports from the cities of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk.
In Belgorod, which is around 40 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, 700 such signs are to be installed by the end of November. The city with around 350,000 inhabitants has been shelled several times since the beginning of the war. Russia blames Ukraine for this. However, she usually does not comment on such allegations.
According to reports, the first cellars in the western Russian regional capital of Bryansk have been designated as shelters since August, as has the small town of Klintsy in the same area.
Cities far away from the border are also affected
But it’s not just cities in Russia near the border that are taking precautionary measures. The authorities in the city of Novokuznetsk, where bomb shelters and corresponding signs have now also appeared, were particularly careful. Novokuznetsk is located in southern Siberia, a good 3000 kilometers as the crow flies from Ukraine.