2023-06-01 11:10:37
He Ministry of Defense of Russia today said it had repulsed three attacks by two Ukrainian motorized infantry companies supported by tanks trying to take a town in the Russian region of Belgorod, border with Ukraine.
“The Russian Armed Forces, together with units of the Border Guard Service and the Federal Security Service (FSB), aborted a new attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack once morest the civilian population of the town of Shebekino,” he said. Defense in a statement.
According to the military report, the attack took place around 03:00 Moscow time (20:00 Chilean time), “following an intensive bombardment of civilian targets in the Belgorod region.”
“Ukrainian terrorist formations, consisting of two motorized companies reinforced with tanks, attempted to penetrate Russian territory near the town of Novaya Talvozhanka and the Shebekino checkpoint,” indicated Defense.
The Russian military repelled the attacks during an operation involving aviation and artillery forces of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.
“As a result of the actions of the border units of the Western Military District and the FSB, the terrorist formations of the Kiev regime were repelled following suffering considerable casualties,” Defense asserted, assuring that “violation of the state border was not allowed.” .
According to the Russian military, during the confrontation “More than 30 Ukrainian terrorists, four armored vehicles, a Grad shuttle and a car were annihilated.”
He Governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported during the night and early in the morning several Ukrainian bombardments, which focused on the town of Shebékino, from which the evacuation of civilians has already begun.
Although Gladkov initially denied the entry of Ukrainian forces into Russian territory, the two armed groups, which staged an incursion into Belgorod at the end of May, announced this Thursday a new infiltration into Russian territory, in two videos allegedly recorded from Russian territory. country.
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