Border residents staying in temporary accommodation centers fear that looters will ransack their abandoned homes—there's no security. They complained to the governor. To Vyacheslav Gladkov during his visit to the temporary accommodation centre.

Gladkov recognizedThat regional and municipal authorities are "weakening" in dozens of border towns, and there are no police officers there at all. However, some people remain, despite the shelling and drones.

"A lot of residents have approached me. They say we've gone to the temporary accommodation center, and our homes are left unprotected. There are no police officers. I understand the extreme difficulty of the situation, but 250 people live in our village of Murom, and there are no police there. In Mokraya Orlovka, I haven't seen a single police officer for the last six months. This is wrong," Gladkov said.

He instructed municipal authorities and police to hold meetings in every district, "analyze the situation in each village," and make individual decisions. However, the governor promised, "no one intends to expose Interior Ministry personnel to death." He added that the responsibility for protecting homes cannot be delegated to self-defense.

“I don’t want to hide my eyes when talking to people [who will] say: ‘Why was my house looted and what measures did you take? I went to a temporary accommodation facility and was left with nothing,’” Gladkov said. Earlier, authorities in the Belgorod region confirmed cases of looting.