Russian Putin opponents armed by Ukraine said they moved into Russian towns near the Ukrainian border on Tuesday. One of the militias reported that the border village of Tyotkino in the Kursk region had been completely taken. The Ukrainian side denied any involvement in the attacks.
“The Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion have advanced into the Kursk and Belgorod regions as part of a joint operation,” wrote former Russian Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov, who lives in Ukraine. on Telegram. Ponomaryov reported that there had been fighting in Tyotkino. The hamlet of Losovaya Rudka in Belgorod territory is also said to be under the control of self-proclaimed Putin opponents.
Videos were shown, among other things, of a tank in a village. The hooded fighters in Ukrainian uniforms emphasized that they had not come to kill, but to “liberate Russians from poverty.” In their video messages, they also called on residents to ignore the presidential election in Russia next Sunday.
The information could not initially be officially verified. The Defense Ministry in Moscow did not want to confirm the capture. It simply said that several attacks by armed people from Ukraine had been repelled.
