Tass released the report shortly after a senior local official reported a series of explosions outside the city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine. Video posted on the Internet by two local Belgorod news agencies appeared to show ammunition exploding in the distance, but Reuters could not immediately confirm that this was the case. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Tass quoted an emergency services source as saying that four people had been injured in the blast. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said earlier in an online post that the blasts occurred near the village of Krasny Oktyabr, about 30 km (19 miles) southwest of Belgorod. He did not comment on the blasts and promised to inform later. Belgorod is located 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which has been heavily bombed by Russian forces in recent weeks. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by David Ljunggren. Editing by Sandra Maler and Howard Goller Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
