A federal state of emergency has been declared in Russia’s borderline Belgorod region, Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov said, APA reports citing TASS.
"I propose designating the emergency situation in the Belgorod region as a federal emergency and launching a response at the federal level," he said at an emergency meeting of the government commission for preventing and addressing emergencies.
According to Kurenkov, the situation in the Kursk region remains complicated and tense.