Shelling and firefights were reported in a number of communities along the border this morning, according to the authorities of the Russian Bryansk and Kursk regions, which border Ukraine.
Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the Bryansk region, claimed that a “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group” had entered the area.
A residential structure in the village of Sushani caught fire as a result of a drone attack on the Klimovsky neighborhood, according to him.
The Kursk region’s governor, Roman Starovoit, said that the settlement of Tetkino had been shelled. He said that two locals were hurt. Before the ambulance arrived, one of them passed away, and the other was taken to the hospital with moderate wounds.The sabotage and reconnaissance groups reportedly invaded two villages in the Bryansk region, according to Russian media outlets around the same time. The Russian National Guard and the Ukrainian saboteurs allegedly engaged in combat. The occupants reportedly included dead and injured people, as well as several hostages.
The attacks were later claimed to be the work of the Russian Volunteer Corps.
“Now, news about “Ukrainian sabotage cells” that slaughtered children, seized hostages, and then quickly fled is available on all Internet platforms. All of this is a fabrication created by Russian propagandists. The Russian Volunteer Corps arrived in the Bryansk region to demonstrate to fellow citizens that there is still hope and that armed free Russians can overthrow the tyranny.”Moreover, the Russian Volunteer Corps released two movies featuring its soldiers who say they crossed into Russia from Ukraine.
In one video, a paramedic station in the Bryansk region was the setting. Denis “Rex,” who previously appeared at press conferences and interviews as the leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, is one of the individuals in the video, according to the Russian news outlet Agentstvo.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the director of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration, described the sabotage group’s entry into Russia as a “typical provocation””It’s a completely conscious provocation. Russia wants to scare its own people in order to somehow justify an attack on another country and growing poverty during a year of war. Meanwhile, the guerrilla movement in Russia is becoming stronger and more aggressive. Be afraid of your guerrillas,” Podolyak wrote in a Tweeter post.
“The Russian Federation is currently the entity which is facing numerous interethnic, interreligious, socio-political and other conflicts. Today there is a public statement by the Russian Volunteer Corps. These are people who are fighting with weapons in their hands against the Putin regime and its supporters. Perhaps Russians are beginning to wake up, realize something and take some concrete measures, ” said the representative of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate, Andriy Yusov, in a comment to Hromadske.
