The Russian Ministry of Defense assured this Thursday that it had annihilated more than fifty members of the insurgent troops who have been carrying out incursions on Russian territory for more than two weeks. This would be the second time that Moscow claims that it acted with a strong attack against these groups, made up mostly of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Ukrainian Liberation Group.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense after a bombardment of more than an hour of the Shebekino checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border and the residential neighborhoods of the town of Nóvaya Tavolshanka, the pro-Ukrainian troops tried to carry out a attack in the direction of Volchansk. “A new attempt by the kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack against the civilian population of the city of Shebekino was thwarted,” the statement said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense detailed that the Ukrainian forces were made up of 30 troops, three armored vehicles and four cars. Russia denounced last week a massive drone attack against the Belgorod region, where several clashes broke out this week with various troops loyal to Ukraine and of Russian origin.
According to the Kremlin spokesmen, these actions are extremely serious and worrying, since these liberation troops are carrying out a military incursion within the Russian borders. Just two days ago, at least 300 attacks have been recorded in the Belgorod clashes on the Russian border.
Over the weekend, renewed clashes between Russian Army troops and pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps fighters left at least one person dead and two others injured in attacks with artillery fire.
With EFE information
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