“This Is Somalia in the Worst Sense of the Word” “Ash” Is the only Media in Belgorod that Writes About the Situation in the Border Area without Censorship. How Do They Do It? and What's Actually Going on There?

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Since January 8, the Belgorod Region has experienced an energy crisis, which even Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov calls “catastrophic”. After the Ukrainian shelling, about 600,000 (!) remain without electricity residents. However, in most local media, news about the blackout is hidden behind reports of secondary events. The only media that writes about the war and its real consequences in the Belgorod border region without censorship is the “Pepel B…