On Sunday afternoon, January 15, ammunition detonated in the building of the former House of Culture in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region.

It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of emergency services.

“Preliminarily, three dead plus 13 injured,” he said.

According to the agency's source familiar with the situation, no local residents were injured as a result of the incident.

The local hospital also said there was no information about the victims.

As TASS clarifies with reference to emergency services, the incident occurred in the Tonenkoye farm: "The preliminary cause of the explosion is careless handling of ammunition."

It should be noted that the day before, a fire broke out on the territory of the former building of the House of Culture and an elementary school in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region.

Emergency crews of power and gas workers worked on the spot.

The place of emergency was also visited by the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

“I listened to the report of the head of the regional security department Yevgeny Vasilyevich Vorobyov.

Most importantly, the villagers were not injured.

I spoke to them on the spot.

There is a liquidation of the consequences of the fire.

The situation is under control,” he wrote on Saturday afternoon in his Telegram channel.

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Meanwhile, on the afternoon of January 15, another district of the Belgorod region came under fire from the Ukrainian armed forces.

“Shebekino came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The shells damaged the trading rows in the market.

There were no casualties.

Operational services are in place, the administration continues to walk around the territory," Gladkov said.

Recall that in this region, as in a number of other border regions of the Russian Federation, the “yellow” level of terrorist threat operates.

In particular, residents and guests of these regions are advised to refrain from visiting crowded places, while being on the street and in public transport, have identification documents with them.

In the Belgorod region, the regime has been in effect since April 11, 2022, after which it has been repeatedly extended.

At the moment, its expiration date is set to January 20, 2023.

Shelling of Donbass

Two civilians were injured as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military of settlements included in the zone of responsibility of the administration of Donetsk, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

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Cherished Zhelanie suffered a man born in 1960, and in Staromayorsk a man born in 1991 suffered.

In addition, Ukrainian armed formations shelled the city of Shakhtyorsk, firing three shells from a multiple launch rocket system.

Civilians were evacuated to this settlement from Soledar, which was liberated by Russian troops on January 12.

As the head of the Mining City Administration Alexander Shatov reported in a conversation with TASS, a total of about 250 people were evacuated.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the village of Novopskov in the Lugansk People's Republic using the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

As a result, two civilians born in 1981 and 1982 were killed, and a residential building was also destroyed, the LPR representative office in the JCCC reported.

In addition, the city of Svatovo was shelled from NATO artillery pieces of 155 mm caliber.

The blow fell on the livestock sector, the calf barn and hay barn were damaged, and most of the food prepared for the animals for the winter burned down.

“The watchman received minor shrapnel wounds.

He was taken to a medical institution and provided first aid.

He refused hospitalization, ”TASS quotes the words of a representative of the power structures of the region.