A Russian border region being pounded by Ukrainian shelling and drones is expanding its closure of schools and colleges amid a major evacuation plan, authorities announced Wednesday, as Kyiv's forces extend their campaign of long-range strikes that aim to put the Kremlin under pressure.
A Russian tank fires its cannon at Ukrainian troops from a position near the border with Ukraine in the Belgorod region, Russia, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. A Russian border region being pounded by Ukrainian shelling and drones is expanding its closure of schools and colleges amid a major evacuation plan, authorities announced Wednesday, as Kyiv's forces extend their campaign of long-range strikes that aim to put the Kremlin under pressure.
Despite the attacks, the official voting turnout in the Belgorod region was 87%, and Putin officially captured 90.66% of the vote, which has been described as a sham by Ukraine and its Western allies. In another possible sign of Kyiv's strategy, Ukrainian drones targeted the city of Engels, about 800 kilometers east of the border with Ukraine in the Saratov region. An air base for strategic bombers is near the city.Long-range strikes on Russia are "a cost-effective way to create challenges for the Russian state," said Michael Kofman, a military expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Meanwhile, the Czech government has pressed ahead with a plan to source from around the world large amounts of artillery shells, which Ukraine desperately needs. Officials say they have confirmed purchases for 300,000 shells and promises for another 200,000. The federal Liberal government is slated to table electoral reform legislation on Wednesday that could change the way voters cast their ballots.A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it is looking into a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales ' medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery.
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