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MOSCOW - Over 20 explosions was heard in the center of Belgorod, a Russian city some 40 km north of the border with Ukraine, amid a reactivated missile warning alert, Russia's RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.

In the center of Belgorod, near Cathedral Square, several dozens of blasts were heard against the background of a missile warning siren which had been turned on again, said the report.

About 15 minutes earlier, a siren was sounded throughout the city, followed by a spell of explosions.