Belgorod seems to be becoming a new hot spot of the war. The Russian region bordering Kharkiv has come under intense bombardment in recent days, and on Thursday Russian pro-war channels reported that a new incursion by Russian anti-Kremlin guerrillas was taking place, an option strongly rejected by Russian authorities. In addition, the military department claims that three attacks were prevented.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that it had foiled three Ukrainian attacks in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported, Reuters reports.

State news agency TASS quoted the defense ministry as saying that its forces had prevented Ukrainian units from crossing the border with Russia and that Kyiv’s forces had been repulsed.

And Twitter channels that monitor the situation in the conflict zone say that, according to preliminary information, Ukrainian forces together with units of the DKR crossed the border again in the Belgorod region, and heavy fighting is taking place at the Shebekino checkpoint. tanks also occupy a place with armored vehicles.

The Russian military reportedly used TOS-1 rocket launchers in the Belgorod region against units of the Russian Freedom Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps after they crossed the border into the region on Thursday morning.

The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Wednesday that eight people were injured and some buildings were damaged as a result of night shelling by Ukrainian forces.

According to him, a residential building was set on fire in the border town of Shebekino after being hit by Grad missile systems.

The operational command in the Belgorod region stated that the situation is “difficult”, but there was no new invasion by “sabotage groups”, reports the BBC.

Russian pro-war channels reported on Thursday that “tanks have entered” Russia’s border with Ukraine in a region that has come under increasing attack recently.

The Ukraine Weapons Tracker channel, which tracks military equipment involved in the war in Ukraine, claims that Moscow’s “huge”, Russian 2S4 Tulip self-propelled mortar 240mm, the world’s largest, and a supply truck were destroyed by Ukrainian-Russian forces or about -Ukrainian near Shebekino.

Video footage allegedly taken in the border town of Shebekino with Russia after the so-called shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces appeared on social networks. Got into the administrative building of the settlement.

“Armed forces, border police, FSB, Russian Guard are working on the spot. But massive bombings are taking place,” the Russian governor said.

The Ukrainian authorities do not comment on the situation on the border with the Belgorod region.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that the Russian Ministry of Defense, border guards, emergency services and local authorities constantly report to President Vladimir Putin on the situation in the Belgorod region, Reuters reports with reference to the TASS news agency.

Last month, during a cross-border raid, pro-Ukrainian forces briefly seized several settlements on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

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