May 23, 2023, 23:20 PM
May 23, 2023, 23:20 PM
The Russian Defense Ministry assured on Tuesday that it had liquidated all the Russian saboteurs who attacked the Belgorod region on Monday. “The nationalist armed groups were surrounded and eliminated. More than seventy Ukrainian terrorists have been liquidated,” Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov reported in his daily war part.
The Russian lieutenant general stressed that part of the attackers they were expelled to Ukraine, where the Russian artillery continued to attack them “until their total elimination”. Four armored vehicles and five pickup trucks were also destroyed. During the anti-terrorist operation, the units that protect the borders of the Western Military District, artillery and aviation participated.
Groups of Russians fighting on the side of kyiv
The governor of Belgorod, Viacheslav Gladkov, denounced that they were saboteurs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but a representative of the Directorate of Military Intelligence of Ukraine assured that behind these attacks were two groups of Russians fighting on the side of Kiev: the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom for Russia Legion, who on Monday claimed responsibility for the attack.
“The Russian Army could not confront the group of voluntary patriots who took up arms and were not afraid to openly confront the Moscow regime for the sake of the future free of Russia”the Freedom for Russia Legion reported on its Telegram channel.
The volunteers stressed that their attack “once again debunked the myth that Russian citizens are safe and Russia is strong”, by not ruling out future actions. For its part, the Russian Volunteer Corps issued a statement in parallel in which it assured that “the country is ready for changes”.
“Soon there will be no one in Russia whose acquaintance has not lost their lives in this criminal war. To put an end to it, you have to hit the enemy in the territories he occupies. The war will continue until the hanged body of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin adorn the walls of the Kremlin,” the movement stated.
The spokesman for kremlinDmitri Peskov, today admitted his “deep concern” about the incursion of saboteurs and assured that, for this reason, the military campaign in the neighboring country must continue.
