Tag: Belgorod

Moscow Claims Ukrainian Military Intelligence HQ Hit by Russian Strike

Recent Russian barrages near Kyiv included a successful strike on the headquarters of Ukraine’s military intelligence apparatus, Russian officials—including President Vladimir Putin—have said. “We have already mentioned the possibility of strikes targeting decision-making headquarters and centers,” Putin said on the evening of May 30. “The Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters, which was hit two or three…


Biden Admin Investigating Whether US Equipment Was Used in Rebel Attack Inside Russia

President Joe Biden’s administration and the U.S. Department of Defense are investigating whether U.S. equipment was used during a cross-border raid into Russia earlier this week. On Monday, a pair of paramilitary groups crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia’s western Belgorod region to sow chaos inside Russia’s borders. The paramilitary fighters identified themselves as members of…


Cross-Border Attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region ‘Blocked, Destroyed’: Moscow

An attack on Russia’s western Belgorod region, initially launched on May 22 from neighboring Ukraine, has been decisively routed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “As a result of air strikes, artillery fire, and action by units of the Western Military District … the nationalist formations have been blocked and destroyed,” the ministry said in…


Moscow Blames ‘Ukrainian Saboteurs’ for Attack in Western Belgorod Region

Ukrainian saboteurs have attacked Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring three people and causing significant material damage, the region’s governor claimed on May 22. Kyiv, for its part, denies complicity in the attack, attributing it instead to “violent resistance movements” opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. One of Russia’s westernmost regions, Belgorod shares a roughly 540-mile-long border…