A group of pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters are wreaking havoc in the Belgorod region of Russia’s border with Ukraine. After the clashes that took place today, June 4, partisans of the Russian Freedom Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps took two Russian soldiers hostage as bargaining chips to hold talks with the regional governor, Russian Vyacheslav Gladkov. even if it’s just “for a few minutes of conversation”.
In a video on the Telegram channel freedom of Russia, a man who introduced himself as the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said today, June 4, at a meeting in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka that he will hand over two prisoners to the governor of Belgorod if they appear. “As representatives of the RDK (Russian Volunteer Corps, ed) and the Legion, we offer to exchange two prisoners for a few minutes of conversation with you in the church”. Partisans would come to the appointment unarmed, we heard from the number one name of the partisan group. So the message continues, “Today you have the opportunity to chat unarmed until 17:00 and take the two Russian citizens you and your political leadership sent to this massacre, the ordinary soldier home. See you there!”
The invitation of the Russian fighters was followed by a response from the governor of the Ukrainian border region, who agreed to meet with members of the Russian Volunteer Corps group in hopes of releasing the two captured Russian soldiers. Clashes continue between partisans and Russian military forces in the border village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, the governor of the Russian region said personally.
The capture of the two Kremlin soldiers came after Russian partisans entered the Shebekino area in Russia’s Belgorod region on June 4. While Kiev has consistently denied claims that Ukraine has direct military support to pro-Ukrainian Russian partisan groups, it has never dismissed the idea of profiting from the actions of militants in the Russian region. An action that prompted the Kremlin to move some of the troops stationed in Ukraine to defend Belgorod. So much so that today, the adviser to the President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Podolyak, wrote on Twitter that the events in Shebekino “must be seen as the future of Russia”. Twenty years parody punishment by a strong hand, a stealing hand”.
The events in Shebekino should be seen as the future of Russia. In the example of a small town, we see the end of the era of “Putin’s stability” and the twenty-year rule of parody of the “strong but ringing hand”. Russians should take a closer look… Chaos, lack…
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) June 4, 2023
It is not the first time that Russian fighters, allied against Moscow, have frightened the Kremlin after the attacks on the Belgorod region. The partisans also launched an offensive against the Russian territory, using at least four tactical vehicles supplied to Kiev by the United States and Poland last week. brings it back Washington Post According to some American officials, three of the four MRAPs – Mine Resistant Ambush Proof – brought to Russia by the fighters – were supplied to Kiev by the United States and one by Poland. The fighters also had rifles made in Belgium and the Czech Republic. The revelations cast doubt on Ukraine’s control over weapons supplied to it by NATO countries, and show how the same weapons could easily change hands and cause problems with the precise controls.
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