Oleg Artyushenko is a correspondent for North.Realities, a regional news outlet of RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Attacks in Shebekino and elsewhere in the Belgorod region have brought the war home to Russia as local residents grapple with the new reality.
More and more Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are complaining of not receiving their salaries on time, in full, or at all, leaving their wives at home to struggle with getting by and, in many cases, raising kids.
