Belgorod, City Where War in Ukraine Came to Russia, Perseveres

A man walks by a fortified Pyaterochka supermarket in Belgorod, Russia, on March 11, 2024. A man walks past a makeshift memorial for the victims of the deadly shelling on December 30, 2023, in the center of Belgorod, Russia, on March 10, 2024. FILE - Specialists remove the body of a victim outside a heavily damaged shopping center hit by what local authorities called a Ukrainian military attack, in Belgorod, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2024.

Air raid sirens wail almost daily in the southern Russian city of Belgorod, sending people rushing for cover and reminding residents the full-scale war in neighboring Ukraine is a reality for them too.