She made a corresponding statement while speaking at an event of the Russian Society “Knowledge”.
“Today they hit Belgorod again, and before this, precisely in order to disrupt the voting, in order to intimidate people,” TASS quotes her.
Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations stated that a missile threat had been declared in Belgorod and the Belgorod region.
On March 16, it was reported that residents and government employees of Belgorod told a journalist from The Washington Post that they would go to vote in the Russian presidential election, despite attempts by Ukrainian militants to intimidate the population with attacks.