‘Ghostly’ city: How Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking a toll on its own Belgorod region

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‘Ghostly’ city: How Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking a toll on its own Belgorod region

By Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Deserted streets, shuttered shops and silent restaurants. Damaged buildings and craters from missile strikes pockmarking the asphalt. Arrows on house facades signposting the nearest bomb shelters and stock of emergency supplies. The once-tranquil city of Belgorod, some 25 miles north of Russia’s border with Ukraine, has been transformed into a kind of ghost town, its eerie silence interrupted by the regular wail of …