Anti-Putin paramilitaries say they staged a cross-border attack inside Russia’s Belgorod region. 

The Freedom of Russia Legion, a Ukrainian-based paramilitary group of Russians who are designated as terrorists by Moscow, claimed responsibility.

The group said it had destroyed a platoon stronghold of Russian troops near Terebreno village, and later rigged the site with mines. It did not specify whether it had destroyed infrastructure or killed soldiers. 

The group formed in spring 2022 to fight Putin’s forces from within the ranks of the armed forces of Ukraine.

Earlier on Sunday, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod region, which experiences frequent attacks by Ukrainian forces, said Terebreno was under fire from Ukraine’s Armed Forces and that a “shooting battle” was under way on the village edge.

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