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Russia says there were deaths in alleged Ukrainian shelling of border region

A general view of a multi-story residential building, which was damaged by shelling from Ukrainian armed forces, according the region's governor, in Belgorod, Russia October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

Russia said on Friday it had opened a criminal investigation into alleged Ukrainian shelling of a Russian border region in which it said people had been killed and wounded.

The state Investigative Committee did not specify the number of casualties in Thursday's incident, in which it said shells fired from Ukraine had destroyed an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region.

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