Both countries claim the upper hand in Belgorod and Kursk regions after Kiev’s loyal forces staged a counter-invasion into Russian border areas this week, now in its fourth day.
War has come to Russia’s homeland and the country will not be allowed to “live in peace” until it withdraws from Ukrainian territory, a senior Kiev official said, while another said Russian territory was “an area where hostilities are taking place.” It was announced that it had become. Although Ukraine has claimed success in the fighting, which included the destruction of Russian military infrastructure inside mainland Russia, the Russian government flatly denies these claims, stating that its forces thwarted the infiltration and that all damage was attributed to Ukraine. It claimed the attack was caused by “massive” shelling.
As previously reported, three militia groups that Ukraine claims are comprised of Russian nationals opposed to President Vladimir Putin’s government launched a cross-border attack on mainland Russia early Tuesday morning. Similar attacks last year ended in short-lived skirmishes, and this week’s fighting is believed to be the largest of its kind in the war so far.
The Russian Free Corps, one of the anti-Putin Russian militias equipped by Ukraine, destroyed two Russian military warehouses in the Kursk region and ordered locals to evacuate the affected areas or otherwise stay indoors. He said he had advised residents. for our own safety. A spokesperson for the group claimed that thousands of civilian vehicles had attempted to cross, but Ukraine said Russian troops were blocking would-be refugees from leaving the country and using civilians as human shields. He said that he claimed that.
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Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Service, said the agency had intercepted communications from Russia and said “major transportation hubs have been blocked by law enforcement and barricades have been set up” and residents are He claimed to have been threatened with fines and damages. Their job was to try to escape.
The senior spy also praised what he claimed was a successful attack on Russia on Thursday by “Russian people who have no other choice and are defending their civil rights by taking up arms against Putin’s regime.” did. As a result, “the Kursk and Belgorod regions are now areas of active hostilities. This is what we have confirmed.”
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, stressed that the counter-invasion is an act of retaliation and that such acts will continue until Russia ends its war against Ukraine. He said, “I would like to say that if President Putin believed that there would be no war in Russia, he was a big mistake. It will come, and it will come quite far… We will not allow this monster to live in peace until it leaves our territory.”
british daily telegraph report They spoke to one of the leaders of the anti-Putin militia, Denis Nikitin – whom they called a “notorious…white extremist” – who said the Russian resistance needed Western support. Told. “If the Western countries want to win this war, they should help us…The only real opposition to Putin is we, the Russian people, who are taking up arms and fighting,” he said, allegedly from combat troops inside Russian territory. It’s… people from the West.” They should ask themselves if they actually want to stop Putin, or if they just want to pretend they are helping. ”
Moscow naturally disputed Ukraine’s claims, and instead Ukraine repulsed attempts to break through the border on March 12, 14, and 15, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking forces. He claimed to have given someone. Russian state media put the claimed losses at 1,500 Ukrainian casualties, including 550 killed in repulsing the attack. It also said it had destroyed “16 tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including 11 U.S.-made Bradley vehicles, and 15 automobiles.”
View showing the damaged Belgorod City Hall following a drone attack in Belgorod on March 12, 2024 (Photo by STRINGER/AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
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As previously reported, such claims in the Ukraine war are generally difficult to substantiate and often appear to be grossly exaggerated, although the opaque nature of the conflict makes accurate determination difficult.
Russia’s border areas in the Kursk and Belgorod regions have apparently suffered heavy damage this week, but Russia claims that this was not caused by an invasion, but by “massive shelling” by Ukrainian artillery. They said one of the targets was the city of Belgorod itself, where shelling reportedly killed two people and injured 25 others, including two children.
The backlash conflict continues to see conflicting reports about the state of the fighting, but both sides agree that Russia is deploying large numbers of mines along the disputed border to keep out troops loyal to Kiev. was completed.
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The fighting took place as voting began in a national election that will give President Vladimir Putin another six years in office. Western observers say the vote was neither free nor fair, but Putin has said the invasion of Ukraine is provoking an attack on mainland Russia, turning people against him. He said that it would not be successful. According to Russian state media, he said: “These attacks are senseless from a military point of view and, as is said, criminal from a humanitarian point of view and are aimed at interfering with the Russian presidential elections. I am confident that we will respond to this request.”
As reported on Wednesday, the Russian Legion, Siberian Battalion, and Russian volunteer forces, which Ukraine has designated as the “Liberation Army,” said they had captured border villages inside Russia, adding: “We are still in complete control of this project. “The Russian military is.” Retreating. We will see how the situation develops further. ” Previous such attacks, such as those seen last year, are a cause for concern among Western leaders, but not because some anti-Putin militias held extremist views; This is because donated equipment made by NATO, which had been used in the attack, was used. Start the attack.
This concern is a key element in ongoing discussions within the European Union regarding further deliveries of advanced cruise missiles to Kiev, in particular Taurus Bunker Buster missiles. Western countries have shown themselves to be overwhelmingly obligatory when it comes to providing weapons to repel Russia’s invasion of Ukrainian territory, but even if they contributed to ending the war, the same weapons would not end up in Russia. be more cautious about being used in attacks. Faster. For example, the Taurus has enough range to hit Moscow itself, which is clearly a concern for Berlin.
BELGOROD, RUSSIA – MARCH 12: A team begins work on site following a Ukrainian drone attack on the city hall in Belgorod, Russia, on March 12, 2024. Four people were injured in the strike, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine entered a new phase. As of 2023, both countries avoided targeting government buildings. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. (Photo by Emil Leegunov/Anadolu, Getty Images)
BELGOROD, RUSSIA – MARCH 12: A team begins work on site following a Ukrainian drone attack on the city hall in Belgorod, Russia, on March 12, 2024. Four people were injured in the strike, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine entered a new phase. As of 2023, both countries avoided targeting government buildings. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. (Photo by Emil Leegunov/Anadolu, Getty Images)
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