Bomb shelter signs have appeared in cities near Russia’s border with Ukraine as well as in Siberia, thousands of miles to the east, as the United States considers providing Kyiv with longer-range weapons.
Signs directing people to bunkers have been installed in Belgorod, only 25 miles from Ukraine, and Rostov-On-Don, about 40 miles away, as well as Novokuznetsk, an industrial city in Siberia whose factories are thought to provide steel for Russian tanks. Some signs have also been spotted in Moscow. Russia’s Security Council recently ordered a full inventory of the country’s bomb shelters, which are mainly located in the basements of blocks of flats.
The move came as the Pentagon weighs up a proposal by Boeing to supply Ukraine with cheap small precision bombs
