Belgorod. Archival photo BELGOROD, May 14. Loud pops are again heard over Belgorod and the region, RIA Novosti correspondent reports; many residents in social networks also report loud pops. There are no comments from the authorities of the region yet, as well as reports of destruction. Over the past month, there have been several shelling of border villages in the region, and on May 11, after shelling by the Ukrainian military of the border village of Solokhi, an 18-year-old young man. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
