Belgorod Blasts News Today

An air attack on the Russian city of Belgorod on Thursday killed at least five people and wounded 18 others, the region's governor said.

A large blast rocked a street in the Russian city of Belgorod, which lies just across the border from Ukraine, late on Thursday but there were no initial reports of injuries, local authorities said.

Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov declared a state of emergency after the explosion.

At least three people were killed and dozens of residential buildings damaged in Russia's Belgorod on Sunday, the local governor said, after earlier reports of several blasts heard in the city that lies near the border with Ukraine.

Two explosions took place in the early hours on Monday in Belgorod, a Russian region bordering Ukraine, but there was no damage or security threat, the top official in the area said.