At least eleven people were killed and fifteen wounded on Saturday in a “terrorist” attack on a russian military training in the region of Belgradebordering Ukraine, reported the Russian Ministry of Defending.
“On October 15, at a military camp in the Uest military district in the Belgorod region, two citizens from a CIS country carried out an attack,” the ministerial statement said, referring to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed by several ex-Soviet republics.
‘During a shooting training, volunteers to take part in the special military operation [de las trops rusas en Ucrania]the terrorists opened fire with automatic weapons against members of the unit,” the document details.
Suspected “terrorists” killed
According to Defense, the attackers were originally from one of the ex-Soviet countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEI), although it did not specify which one.
“In the shooting, 11 people died. Fifteen were injured of varying severity and were taken to health facilities to be treated,” he continues.
The Ministry of Defence indicated that volunteers who expressed their desire to participate in the so-called Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine.
“The two terrorists were killed by replica shots,” he concludes.
russian military
Last September the President of Russia, Vladimir Putinannounced a partial mobilization to get the Russian military campaign in Ukraine out of the current quagmire, in which Russian forces have been forced back and have lost vast territories in the east and south of the country.
According to the Defense Ministry, they will be called up around 300 000 rreservists, little more than 1% of the total mobilization resource in Russia.
The call-up, which has already affected more than 200 000 personashas shocked the Russian population, generated protests that have been repressed by the police and a mass exodus to neighboring countries such as Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan y Mongoliaamong others.
(With information from AFP and EFE)