The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the "defeat of Ukrainian formations" in the Belgorod region and the killing of more than 70 saboteurs. No one has yet confirmed this information on the part of the saboteurs or on the part of Ukraine.
The Russian military department said that during the counter-terrorist operation, Russian troops blocked and defeated a group of saboteurs who had invaded the territory of the Belgorod region with "aircraft strikes, artillery fire and active actions of the state border cover units of the Western Military District."
"The remnants of the nationalists were pushed back to the territory of Ukraine, where the task of defeating them by fire continued until their complete elimination. More than 70 Ukrainian terrorists, four armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed," reported the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Meanwhile, Ukraine said that the incident in the Belgorod region would not be the last case of an uprising within Russian borders.
This was stated by the adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Sak in a conversation with Times Radio.
"It is quite surprising to us that it took so long for Russian rebels and Russian partisans to become active in terms of trying to get rid of the terrorist regime that brings death and destruction to Ukraine, isolates Russia at the international level. More than 200,000 Russian soldiers have died. Apparently, the tipping point has been reached Sack said.
According to him, these events are taking place due to the fact that the Armed Forces have exposed that Russia is a "paper tiger". So the Ukrainians showed that the Russian Federation can and should be beaten on the battlefield.
"This is what we are doing in Ukraine. And we are sure that this has inspired Russian partisans and those Russian citizens who hope to change something and do not want to be part of this crime of aggression," Sak believes.
Reznikov's adviser distanced Ukraine from direct contact with the partisans, but said they have similar goals.
"It seems to me that the purpose of these actions was formulated yesterday by those who committed them. They stated that they want to demilitarize this part of Russia. They want the war to leave their territory," said Sack.
He emphasized that this actually corresponds to the goals of Ukraine.
"Because we believe that in order for Ukraine to be safe and Europe to be safe, after we defeat Russia on the battlefield, we will all need to establish a demilitarized zone of some form in parts of Russia," Sack concluded.
Meanwhile, today Russian propagandists tried to find out from the press secretary of the head of the Kremlin, Dmytro Peskov, how long the so-called "counter-terrorist operation" in the Belgorod region will last.
However, he could not even answer the question why the "clearing" of the region has been going on for more than a day, forwarding it to law enforcement agencies.
"Of course, what happened yesterday causes deep concern," Peskov said.
He also noted that the Kremlin does not comment on the number and number of individuals who attacked the Belgorod region, but on the traditional influx of so-called "Ukrainian saboteurs".
Meanwhile, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the "clearing" of the territory continues. According to him, residents of nine settlements were also resettled.
