Anti-Russian fighters attacked at least 10 villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Monday with heavy shelling, its governor said, in the latest sign of escalating cross-border fighting.
KYIV, Ukraine — Anti-Russian fighters attacked at least 10 villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Monday with heavy shelling, its governor said, in the latest sign of escalating cross-border fighting, as Moscow claimed to block the beginning of a large-scale Ukrainian counteroffensive.A spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Lt. Gen.
The fighting appeared to intensify on Monday, as a power facility caught fire following a drone attack. The town of Shebekino, located about four miles from the Ukrainian border, was also under heavy shelling, according to residents interviewed by Radio Europe. According to Ponomarev, the Free Russia Legion is operating in Shebekino. Russian authorities have said that the town is being hit by Ukrainian armed forces from across the border, but have not confirmed if the militias are present on the groundLast week, the same groups carried out a raid in a different part of Belgorod region to test Russia’s defenses, he said.
Cherevatyi, the Ukraine eastern command spokesman, claimed Russian soldiers were “scaring each other” and spreading rumors. He sent The Washington Post a military notice given to Russian soldiers which he said was taken from a Russian prisoner of war captured two weeks ago. The notice said: “The counteroffensive will happen unexpectedly, and it’s 100 percent likely it will happen at night, just like the Nazis did in 1941.
In Belgorod and two other border regions, local radio stations broadcast a fake announcement from President Vladimir Putin, urging residents to evacuate “deeper into the country immediately” and announcing a general mobilization “to defeat the cunning and dangerous enemy.”
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