00:00 Dealing with the aftermath of a Russian strike is by now a regular duty for Ukrainian troops
00:05 in Selidovaya in the eastern Donetsk region.
00:08 In recent weeks, the town has come under repeated missile attack.
00:12 "It was very, very loud. All the windows were blown out. There is not a single window in the
00:18 whole house. All were blown out. The roof was also blown away."
00:22 Selidovaya is close to the front line, just 30 kilometres west of Orlivka.
00:30 Russia says it is the latest town to fall under its control.
00:33 Ukraine's border regions have been enduring what President
00:36 Volodymyr Zelensky calls "constant terrorist attacks".
00:40 "The Russian army is simply trying to burn our border villages to the ground.
00:45 Just from the beginning of this march until today, the Russian air force has already dropped
00:51 almost 200 guided bombs on the communities of Sumy region alone."
00:56 Under the escalating strikes, Ukraine has been evacuating border regions, including Sumy,
01:01 while just on the other side of the frontier, Russia says it will begin
01:04 evacuating 9,000 children from the Belgorod region.
01:08 It's been hit by a wave of cross-border drone attacks, mostly targeting fuel depots and other
01:13 infrastructure, but also hitting civilian sites, which Russian President Vladimir Putin calls
01:18 "terrorist methods".
01:21 "These are shellings of peaceful cities, attempts on the lives of government officials and public
01:26 figures, attempts to recruit perpetrators of sabotage and terrorist attacks on critical
01:32 Russian infrastructure facilities and in places with large numbers of people."
01:37 Putin accuses Ukraine of acting under direct orders from Western allies.
01:44 Ukraine's defence minister says what's happening in Belgorod is a direct consequence of Russia's
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