There is no panic: a shopping center was suddenly closed in Belgorod

Shopping centers were closed in Belgorod/Photo from social networks, collage 24 Channel

It was noisy in Belgorod. After the explosions in the city, the work of shopping centers was suspended and their closure was explained by the alleged request of the residents themselves.

After the explosions in Belgorod, shopping centers were closed in this Russian city . The Kremlin's propaganda media are writing about this, reports 24 Channel.

What the local authorities said

The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Thursday that the shopping center in the city was closed until the end of this day. It is not yet known whether they will open on March 15th. Gladkov stated that everything will depend on the situation.

At the same time, the governor explained the closure of shopping centers as an alleged request from the city residents themselves.

There were many requests from you to close shopping centers. We have actually already done this – they are now closing. We agreed that until the end of the day. In the following days, everything will depend on the operational situation,” Gladkov said.

He also stated that allegedly 2 people died in their cars on March 14 in Belgorod. Gladkov called on car owners to postpone their trips.

What's happening in Belgorod

• On March 14, the Russian Volunteer Corps addressed residents of the Kursk and Belgorod regions with an important message. Volunteers called on the local population to evacuate and warned that the RDC would strike military targets in these regions of Russia approximately 1.5 hours after the official appeal.
• Russian authorities did nothing, to get people out of large populated areas. Moreover, in the Belgorod and Kursk regions they began to block the evacuation of the civilian population.
• After this, the volunteers turned to the aforementioned Vyacheslav Gladkov and the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit. The RDK called on Russian officials to immediately announce an evacuation and stop following orders from Vladimir Putin's junta.
• Explosions were heard in Belgorod itself on Thursday. In the areas of the settlements of Spodaryushino and Grayvoron, the sounds of rifle battles were heard.
• Local authorities traditionally reported on the work of air defense, and eyewitnesses distributed footage of probable arrivals in Belgorod on social networks. Channel 24 intelligence sources reported that panic is growing among the local population.