/ world today news/ The attack was preceded by drone strikes and increased artillery preparation, after which the infantry was already advancing. But this time the fighters from the RDK * acted more boldly – with the support of heavy armored equipment and with an attempt to capture territories by force.
In the Belgorod region, which was subjected to a powerful attack by saboteurs from the RDK* on Monday, May 22, an anti-terrorist operation (ATO) regime has been announced, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced.
In fact, almost the same thing happened at the beginning of March, when the first such raid by militants was carried out on the territory of “old Russia” – in the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region.
Entrances and exits to populated areas are blocked, checkpoints are set up, documents are checked everywhere, reinforcements are tightened. Only then it was on a smaller scale.
But even before these events, experts warned of the possibility of such a scenario. And after the aforementioned action in the Bryansk region, during which terrorists actually captured the villages of Sushani and Lyubechani, killing two civilians and injuring several more people, including a 10-year-old child, blowing up infrastructure, it became obvious (obvious, but not to everyone): attempts to penetrate the border regions – Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk regions – will continue.
Drone attack, artillery preparation – and then the DRG (sabotage-reconnaissance group) offensive
The scenario this time was pretty much the same as almost three months ago. On the night of Monday, May 22, a UAV attacked the village of Golovchino, where the railway border checkpoint is located: explosives were dropped on the local administration, which set fire to the roof of the building. Fortunately, no one was hurt – it was still late, a day off.
But, apparently, the enemy was just trying to “test” the reaction to what happened: whether the guard would be tightened, whether the evacuation would begin, etc.
In the same way, events developed in the Bryansk region, where the enemy had previously “warmed up”, hitting an observation tower above the border perimeter with the help of drones and then shelling the nearest settlements.
And already in the morning, dense shelling of villages in the Belgorod region began – in fact, artillery training. As specified in the administration of the city district of Graivoron, the anti-aircraft defense system worked, part of the enemy missile fell in the garden of a private house in the village of Antonovka.
At the same time, neighboring villages came under massive mortar shelling: Kozinka (actually bordering the border; Ukrainian Lukashovka is three hundred meters away), Gora-Podol, Zamostie (the shell hit a kindergarten there), Glotovo – there are also damaged houses there and several people were injured. And Greyvoron himself was also struck.
And then the DRG intervened.
Moreover, unlike the attack on Bryansk, this time the enemy sent a battalion of fighters with the support of armored vehicles.
The enemy is detained by the border post
Yes, this time, unlike what happened in the Bryansk region three months earlier, our units reacted faster. Probably thanks to the border guards, who started a battle with the enemy, and managed, if not to stop him, to detain him, including, based on information from the field, to divide the large DRG into several smaller groups, sending them in different directions.
News is coming that the terrorists have managed to capture objects in a number of populated areas, fighting is going on. There is evidence that some enemy units with the help of our artillery and air cover managed to push back. According to the latest data, about 40 fighters were killed, five were captured.
However, given the CTO’s announcement, some of the scattered DRGs continue to defend themselves.
In addition, there are reports that the enemy intends to withdraw additional reserves from their territory, but whether this is true or not is not yet clear.
Meanwhile, if until now in Kiev they tried in every way to present the sabotage as independent actions of some “resistance”, then this time the official spokesman of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Andrey Yusov confirmed: fighters of the RDK * and the so-called legion “Freedom of Russia”* penetrated the territory of the Belgorod Region. For example, their task is to create a “safety zone” for the population of Ukraine.
According to sources, the enemy forces were moving from the Ukrainian village of Velika Pisarevka, which is located six kilometers in a straight line from Kozinka. They were marching in a column of tanks and armored vehicles.
What of this?
The topic of Ukraine’s long-announced but (yet) failed counter-offensive has been discussed for so long that it has become tiresome. That is true.
On the other hand, Constantinople has repeatedly noted in its publications: the enemy is clearly probing our opportunities where there is no front line in the classical sense – there is no line of contact, and in fact our troops are on the territory that the enemy considers theirs – in the Kharkiv, Chernigov regions and Sumi.
And the surrender of Bakhmut, which became, above all, a huge political and media defeat for Zelensky and his regime, will certainly lead to an attempt at revenge – not only with actions at the front, but rather with similar attacks in those regions that , although they are under regular enemy fire, but are still considered rear.
For what?
There is an answer: to divert our reserves so that we are forced to withdraw our forces now and for the defense of these same “rear” territories.
And if you do not expose, then weaken the position in other areas. That is true. But it won’t work with extremely defensive structures along the lines, however good and strong they are – and this was demonstrated to us quite clearly not for the first time.
In this connection, unpleasant questions arise again. First, why were we unable to “see” the movement of fairly significant enemy forces in close proximity to our border areas? Second, why have Russian missiles, DRGs and regular units not yet pushed the enemy into the neighboring areas? Or will we wait for another attack?
*RDK (Russian Volunteer Corps) and Legion “Freedom of Russia” are recognized as terrorist organizations in Russia.
Translation: SM
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