Ukraine launched this Tuesday, on the eve of the presidential elections in Russiaa massive drone attack against ten Russian regions, an action that was accompanied by border raids by Russian volunteer units fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian Army.
«Our military does everything necessary. The air defense system works. “Of course, terrorist activity continues, attempts to attack civilian facilities by the kyiv regime”said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskovin his daily telephone press conference.
Ten Russian regions attacked
In total, this Tuesday’s massive attack affected ten Russian regions, including those of Moscow y Leningrad.
The Ministry of Defense reported, for its part, that at least 30 unmanned devices were shot down over the skies over the European part of the country.
The Russian military did not make public data on possible casualties or damage in the attacks, but authorities in the regions of Nizhny Novgorod y Oriole They reported fires at a refinery and an oil depot, respectively, as a result of the incidents.
The rain of drones began at dawn, but continued throughout the day, as the authorities in the border region Belgrade They reported damage to the Mayor’s Office building due to the impact of an unmanned device and to the neighboring building. Kursk They sent their students home to study online until the end of this week, at least.
This is one of the largest attacks against Russian territory carried out by Ukraine and precedes the Russian presidential elections, scheduled for March 15, 16 and 17.
In the southern Russian region of Rostov alone, more than 40 Ukrainian drones were shot down in one day last weekend, according to local authorities.
Tank attacks
In addition to the unmanned devices, Russia suffered this Tuesday an incursion by Russian militia groups opposed to the Kremlin.
«Ukrainian terrorist formations, with the support of tanks and armored fighting vehicles, attempted to invade the territory of the Russian Federation»Defense said on its Telegram channel.
The attackers, adds the military report, were repelled by Russian troops, who with the support of aviation and artillery, caused 234 fatal casualties, seven tanks and five armored transports, three of which were American Bradleys.
Defense added that violation of the Russian state border was not allowed.
He Federal Security Service (FSB) Russia reported in turn that in the last two days it killed more than a hundred Ukrainian militiamen who carried out several raids in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
Russian volunteers fighting the Kremlin
Hours earlier, three Russian volunteer militias fighting with Ukraine against the Kremlin forces had announced an incursion into Russian territory in which they would have taken control of a town in Belgradeaccording to the exiled former Russian deputy Iliá Ponomariov.
“The Freedom for Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion have entered the Kursk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation as part of a joint operation”Ponomariov, who is considered the political head of the Freedom Legion for Russia, wrote on his Facebook account.
The Russian opposition added that the town of “Lozovaya Rudka (Belgorod) is under the complete control of the liberation forces.”
The legion later wrote on its Telegram channel that fighting also continues in the Kursk village of Tiotkino.
Meanwhile, the representative of the Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Andri Yusovstressed that “this is not the first operation” in Russia by these militias and assured that kyiv does not control them.
Regarding drone attacks against targets in Russian territory, he assured that these will continue with special emphasis on dual Russian, civil and military facilities.
The Freedom for Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps are made up of Russian fighters opposed to the president, Vladimir Putinwho will seek re-election this Sunday for a fifth term.
The previous incursion into Russian territory by Ukrainian paramilitary groups took place in May 2023. EFE (I)
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