Before, she says. at 3am, we heard explosions. we were amazed . i don t know what this is, he says. is it war here? i suppose we re on the front line. i wonder if ukraine did this . we ve seen something similar, early this month, in belgorod. russia claimed that ukrainian helicopter gunships had opened fire. kyiv wouldn t confirm it. whatever the cause of today s fire, it s sparked concern in this city. when the kremlin launched its so called special military operation two months ago, for many here, it was a case of out of sight, out of mind . this was a conflict playing out on tv screens. but that s changing, and, for many russians now, hostilities are starting to feel much closer to home. back in moscow, president putin accused the west of prolonging
Was it sabotage? neither moscow nor kyiv are saying. all day, plumes of thick, black smoke hung over the city, making bryansk feel like a war zone. this never happened before, she says. at 3am, we heard explosions. we were amazed . i don t know what this is, he says. is it war here? i suppose we re on the front line. i wonder if ukraine did this . we ve seen something similar early this month, in belgorod. russia claimed that ukrainian helicopter gunships had opened fire. kyiv wouldn t confirm it. whatever the cause of today s fire, it sparked concern in this city. when the kremlin launched its so called special military operation two months ago,
at 3am, we heard explosions. we were amazed . i don t know what this is, he says. is it war here? i suppose we re on the front line. i wonder if ukraine did this . we ve seen something similar, early this month, in belgorod. russia claimed that ukrainian helicopter gunships had opened fire. kyiv wouldn t confirm it. whatever the cause of today s fire, it s sparked concern in this city. when the kremlin launched its so called special military operation two months ago, for many here, it was a case of out of sight, out of mind . this was a conflict playing out on tv screens. but that s changing, and, for many russians now, hostilities are starting