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Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow’s accidental strike on Belgorod injures two; China says it is ‘not inflaming’ conflict

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow’s accidental strike on Belgorod injures two; China says it is ‘not inflaming’ conflict

Strike by Russian warplane on Russian city leaves crater 20 metres wide; China’s foreign minister says it wants peaceful resolution through dialogue and diplomacy

Less than two years ago, Object No 2, a gigantic bomb shelter built underneath Samara’s vast Kubyshev Square, was being considered by Russian tourism officials as a museum site.

The original design and decor of the 1940s shelter, built on orders from Joseph Stalin about 40 metres underground with office furniture and other details from the pre-nuclear age, would have been a logical addition to the city’s subterranean attractions. As the Soviet Union’s reserve capital during the second world war, the city sits on top of a huge complex of underground bunkers, of which Object No 2 is thought to be one of the largest.

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