Residents of Belgorod region put a car under fire for compensation: what the authorities say

To spread: Residents of Belgorod region deliberately leave old cars on the street in the hope that they will be damaged as a result of drones in order to obtain monetary compensation from the state. This was stated by governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov, writes "Pepel Belgorod". In some cases, the cars are set on fire on their own or try to simulate shelling, throwing FPVs found. "Our settlement is fired, let's roll out a car from the garage, can be fired, at least we get.

He told about the situation when people burned the car themselves and then tried to throw the FPV-Dron, which was found somewhere in the bushes. In this way, they tried to give the car for the firing and get compensation. The head of the region added that he saw on social networks the calls "Let's demand the resettlement, and then the war will end, and we will live in old houses.

" Many settlements begin to form groups that are trying to head individual residents and receive state assistance without any reasons, and such cases are repeated more and more often. According to Vyacheslav Gladkov, criminal liability is provided for such actions. "We do not have the task of improving the financial support of our residents. There is no task in these areas.

We have the task of helping residents to cope with an extremely difficult situation through federal and regional support measures, including at the expense of extrabudgetary funds," he added. We will remind, on May 9 the drone healed into the building of the government of Belgorod region. Local authorities accused Ukraine of attack. Focus also wrote that at the end of April 2025, Russian military in the Belgorod region looted the recreation center "Malynivka" in the village of Nova Tavolzhanka.