Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group breaks into Belgorod and Kursk regions
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It is reported that fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion have entered the Russian regions "as part of a joint operation". There are reports of gun battles in border villages, and locals have recorded the movement of tanks. There are several armed groups in pickup trucks on the border.
This morning, the Freedom of Russia Legion published a video in the Telegram channel saying they are "going to the Russian presidential election." The fighters also published footage of military equipment allegedly passing through the Ukrainian-Russian border.
In social networks, local residents of the border regions also reported about the border breakthrough and gun battles in border settlements.
Air alerts were announced this morning in Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh.
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