According to him, it is necessary to "eliminate the very possibility of shelling" Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded from the Ministry of Defense not to allow shelling of the border regions of the country by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to him, the priority task of the Ministry of Defense is to eliminate the very possibility of shelling. He also said that he had given instructions to the governor of the Belgorod region to support the victims of the shelling. On February 1, Ukrainian troops also shelled the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region, and the day before - villages in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has a priority task - to prevent shelling of Russian regions from Ukraine. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the restoration of residential infrastructure destroyed in border areas and as a result of emergencies, RIA Novosti reports.
Putin expressed regret that many citizens of the Russian Federation lost their homes due to shelling, were forced to move to temporary accommodation or seek shelter with relatives. Many faced interruptions in the supply of electricity, heating and water supply amid the shelling.
"I draw the attention of colleagues in the government and on the ground: the problems for citizens are very acute. It is necessary to repair or compensate for the loss of houses, apartments, other property, to return to normal operation of energy facilities, heat supply and so on," the president said. He also urged officials to act "as efficiently as possible."
In addition, Vladimir Putin said that following a meeting with the Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov, he gave instructions to support the residents of the region after the shelling.
"He [Gladkov] reported in detail on the situation in his region, what kind of assistance is being provided to people through the Belgorod region. Following the meeting, specific instructions were given on additional measures in this regard, as well as on a whole range of other areas," the Russian president added.
Since the beginning of the military special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in the Belgorod region, 25 people have been killed and about 100 injured, Vyacheslav Gladkov reported earlier.
On January 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to local authorities, fired on the Belgorod region five times. According to the regional administration, two men were injured in the village of Bezlyudovka, Shebekinsky district, six houses were damaged. The Ukrainian military also shelled the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, the village of Pervomaisky and the village of Long.
As the <url> portal reported, due to the emergency regime in the Belgorod region, 475 houses destroyed due to the special operation cannot be restored now. In total, since the beginning of the special operation, 2,883 residential premises have suffered from shelling in the region.
On January 30, about 20 arrivals were recorded near the village of Popovka in the Rylsky district of the Kursk region. The power line was damaged. In the village of Krasnooktyabrsky and the village of Volfino in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, a repair crew came under mortar fire, one person was slightly wounded.
The Bryansk region also came under fire. On January 31, the Ukrainian military, as officials reported, fired twice at the border areas - Starodubsky and Novozybkovsky.
"We have a problem with electricity there now. This station is designed for peak modes, there is no such situation now. It is not decommissioned, it can work, just in non-working mode," the company's press service said.
A RIA Novosti source in the emergency services also reported that the ammunition released from Ukraine fell into a field in the Novozybkovsky district, the oil pipeline itself was not hit. According to the Telegram channel Mash, the APU struck with a Tochka-U missile, but this information was not confirmed by the press service of the Bryansk governor. The press service of Transneft stated that the crater from the explosion was relatively small.
The head of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation Nikolay Shulginov said that there are no problems with pumping oil through the shelled pipeline yet, Interfax reports.
"So far [Transneft] has not notified, this means that there are no problems yet, although there are probably some damages, but they did not affect the operation of the pipeline," the minister said.
Peter Nikolaev
