Russia has accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing its border and staging a “terrorist attack” on local villages, a claim denied by officials in Kyiv who say it was a false “provocation” that could be used by Moscow to escalate the conflict.
called it a “terrorist act” in televised remarks. “They won’t achieve anything. We will crush them,” he said, adding that the group had targeted civilians.
Russia’s FSB internal security service said in a statement to the state new agency Tass that its own forces and the army were trying to liquidate what it described as “an armed group of Ukrainian nationalists” who had crossed the border. A group identifying itself as the Russian Volunteer Corps appeared to claim credit for the alleged attack in a social media post and videos that were shared widely online.
“The Russian Volunteer Corps went to Bryansk region to show their compatriots that there is hope, that free Russian people with weapons in their hands can fight the regime," it said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
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