(BELGOROD, BELGOROD OBLAST, RUSSIA) – The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region has publicly criticised the Kremlin after repeated appeals for stronger air defences were rejected, as residents face energy shortages and partial evacuations near the Ukrainian border. In an unusually direct statement, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Moscow had failed to provide sufficient protection for the region, which has come under frequent attack since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Belgorod, which borders Ukraine’s Sumy, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions, has become…