The video was released by a number of Telegram channels, in particular, the video spread adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko.
“Battalion 252 is located in the village of Poroz, Belgorod region. Glory to Ukraine, glory to the 252nd battalion,” said a Ukrainian soldier in the video, holding a flag with the name of the battalion in his hands.
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Soldiers of Ukraine and Georgia in the video are standing against the background of a green building with the sign “Poroziv village club”. It is currently unknown when this video was recorded.
Instead, the Russian Telegram channel VETERAN RECORDS stated that there are currently no Ukrainian military personnel in the village of Poroz.
“The DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, under the cover of artillery, entered the settlement of Poroz, Graivoronsky district, filmed a video near the village club and left. Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not in the village,” the Telegram channel of the Russian Federation claims.
Kursk region. what is happening
On Tuesday, August 6, the authorities of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation announced that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly tried to break through the Russian border, but apparently managed to prevent it. Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that “the Ukrainian DRG retreated to its territory.”
The Main Directorate of Intelligence refused to comment on statements about the Kursk region. However, NV, referring to its own source in the GUR, writes that “fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), who fight as part of the Armed Forces, are definitely not involved in the events in Kurshchyna.”
On August 7, the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, gathered the military leadership of the Russian Federation due to the situation in the Kursk region, which he called a “large-scale provocation.” At that time, the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, called on the international community to “resolutely condemn the criminal attacks of the Kyiv regime on Russian territory.”
On August 8, the Russian Guard announced that they had taken additional security measures at the Kursk NPP to secure “a particularly important facility.”
The Washington Post writes that Ukraine took control of the gas distribution station in Suja, in the Kursk region. Before that, the Russians claimed that the Armed Forces occupied several border villages and part of the city of Suja.
Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said that actions in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation “correspond to US policy” and do not in any way cause escalation.
On Friday, August 9, it became known that terrorists from Wagner’s PMK intend to fight for Russia in the Kursk region.
Subsequently, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Dmytro Medvedev, commenting on an article by the German publication Bild regarding the operation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, threatened Germany with tanks in Berlin.