The Russians claim to have thwarted an attempted incursion by a group of “saboteurs” from Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers are currently conducting an offensive in the Bryansk region. Who are these men and what role were they supposed to play?
Ukrainian “saboteurs” put out of action? Russian authorities claim to have thwarted an attempted incursion by Ukrainian “saboteurs” into the region where the Ukrainian army has gone on the offensive. What do we know about these “saboteurs”?
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A break-in attempt has been foiled
A group of Ukrainians – it is not known how many there were – tried to cross the border into the Bryansk region. “The discovery attempt was thwarted by Russian FSB forces […] and units of the Russian armed forces”, the governor of the region Alexandre Bogomaz indicated on Telegram. He stated that “the enemy was hit by fire”.
A first since World War II
This attempted incursion by “saboteurs” took place in the Bryansk region of southwestern Russia, close to the borders with Ukraine and Belarus. This territory borders the Kursk region, where the Ukrainian army has been conducting a surprise incursion into Russian territory since August 6 and has already destroyed two bridges. The advance of Ukrainian soldiers on Russian territory has reached 35 km, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Tuesday, August 20. It is the first time since World War II that a foreign power has invaded Russian territory, the Ukrainian newspaper notes. The Kyiv Independent.
The Russian army continues to advance in eastern Ukraine
In parallel with this Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory, the Russian army continues its advance in eastern Ukraine towards the key city of Pokrovsk, which lies on a road leading to the Ukrainian fortresses of Chassiv Yar and Kostiantynivka. On Monday, regional authorities asked the 53,000 residents to evacuate the city.