Crossing his borders Ukrainian towards Russia On Monday, paramilitaries sabotaged infrastructure in Russia, in Belgorodat least until yesterday. OUR Moscow yesterday he spoke about the total annihilation of the occupiers, but the duration of the hostilities shocked public opinion. “The remnants of the nationalists were pushed back into Ukraine, where they continued to be shelled until they were destroyed,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement yesterday afternoon, listing 70 “terrorists” dead and four wounded. vehicles.

Earlier at night, attackers tried to strike at the border areas with drones that were shot down by Russian air defense systems. The Russian authorities have begun an emergency evacuation of border villages, organized by the Belgorod governor, Vyacheslav Gladkovwho reported the death of a civilian. Kyiv has denied any connection to the raid, attributing it to Russian rebel groups opposed to the war. Responsibility for the project was claimed by two Russian organizations, his enemies Putinliving in Ukraine: “Legion for the Freedom of Russia” and “Russian Volunteer Corps”.

The first was created by Ilya Ponomarev, a former deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, who has lived in Ukraine since 2014 and received Ukrainian citizenship in 2016. The second was created by Denis Kapustin – has an extremist, neo-Nazi orientation – and was accused of another sabotage operation in the Russian border Bryansk region in March. Both groups deny fighting back and claim they are still on Russian soil, and in a Telegram message, Legion said its goal was to create a “demilitarized zone” between Russia and Ukraine.

To the question of the Kremlin press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that “there are many ethnic Russian citizens living in Ukraine, but they remain Ukrainian militants”, pointing to Kyiv for the raid on Belgorod. A Russian official said the Ukrainians diverted public attention from the capture of Bakhmut. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said yesterday that Kyiv troops retained control of some territory on the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut, but independent observers and international agencies confirmed that the city had been taken by the Russians.

Head of European diplomacy in Brussels Joseph Borel announced that Poland and other countries of the continent have begun training Ukrainian F-16 pilots. However, as stated by the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kaisa Hollongren, the delivery of F-16s to Kyiv will be postponed, since the UK, France and Germany do not have such aircraft. Raising his tone, Russian Security Council Vice President Dmitry Medvedev warned that this would raise the risk of a “nuclear apocalypse.”

Meeting with the President of China, Xi Jinpinghosted in Beijing today by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishutin, who yesterday said his country would continue to supply hydrocarbons to China “on a long-term basis” and predicted that bilateral trade would top $200 billion this year.

Finally, yesterday the US demanded the immediate release of Wall Street Journal journalist Ivan Gerskovich after a Moscow court extended his detention by three months. The 31-year-old journalist, who faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage, has become the first American jailed in Russia since the end of the Cold War.