According to him, the civilian population suffered as a result.
“Today we committed another terrorist act, another crime. Infiltrated the border area and opened fire on civilians“, – he said.
Propaganda government agency “RIA Novosti” writes that against the backdrop of reports from the Bryansk region, Putin did not go to the Stavropol Territory.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had remotely held meetings scheduled there.
On the morning of March 2, the governor of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation bordering Ukraine, Alexander Bogomaz, reported that a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group had allegedly entered the region. Later, the Russian media wrote that the “saboteurs” visited two villages in the region – Lubechan and Sushany – and allegedly took hostages. Bogomaz declared in Telegram that “as a result of the actions of a sabotage group” a man died, a child was injured.
The “Russian Volunteer Corps” took responsibility for the “raid” in the Bryansk region. As noted “Radio Liberty” , this is a formation of Russians fighting on the side of Ukraine. In a video released by the corps, two armed men in military uniforms said they had come to Russia “to show their compatriots that there is hope, that free Russian people with weapons in their hands can fight the regime.”
One of the fighters of the “Russian Volunteer Corps” said “Important Stories” that 45 people took part in the operation, they “came in, filmed, ambushed two infantry fighting vehicles,” and then left the territory of Russia. According to him, there were no hostages, he saw “one injured border guard.”
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak commented on Twitter that the story of Ukrainian DRGs in Russia is a classic provocation. “Russia wants to frighten its own people in order to somehow justify an attack on another country and growing poverty during a year of war. Meanwhile, the partisan movement in Russia is becoming stronger and more aggressive. Beware of your partisans…” Podolyak wrote.
Speaker of the State Border Service of Ukraine Andriy Demchenko after publications in the media about the incident in Bryansk region stated that sinceThe situation on the border between Ukraine and Russia is under control.
