2024-03-12 10:29:04
Russian Putin opponents armed by Ukraine said they moved into Russian towns near the Ukrainian border on Tuesday. For its part, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced that several attacks by armed people from Ukraine had been repelled. The Ukrainian side emphasized that the fighters were acting on their own initiative.
“The Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion have entered the Kursk and Belgorod regions as part of a joint operation,” wrote former Russian Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, who lives in Ukraine. on Tuesday on Telegram. The FSB, the domestic secret service responsible for border security, again called the reports of an intrusion across the border untrue.
According to Ponomaryov, there are supposed to be fighting in the town of Tyotkino in the Kursk region. The hamlet of Losovaya Rudka in the Belgorod region is said to be under the control of Putin’s opponents. Videos were shown, among other things, of a tank in a village. In their video messages, the hooded fighters in Ukrainian uniforms called for people to ignore the presidential election in Russia next Sunday.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that “sabotage troops” from Ukraine had shelled villages near the border during the night. They then advanced with tanks and armored vehicles in three places in the Belgorod region. The attacks were repelled. The attempted attack on Tjotkino in the morning also failed. The Russian military information, like the information provided by the pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters, could not be independently verified.
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