On the night of Thursday, March 16, explosions rang out in Belgorod, Russia.

Residents report a loud "cotton" in the area of ​​the CHP, near the railway station. 

The governor of the Belgorod region said that air defense seems to have worked in the Russian region. 

"In Belgorod, an air defense system shot down 2 missiles. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties. The operational services are clarifying the consequences on the ground," he wrote on his Telegram channel. 

Part of the city was closed due to the alleged fall of rocket debris on the roadway, residents reported.

Local media have published several videos of the moment of the explosion. 

We will remind that explosions have been heard in the Belgorod region for the third day in a row.

So, on March 14, "cotton" happened near the Belgorod airport.

At the time, the local authorities said that a fragment of the rocket allegedly fell into a residential sector.

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