Putin defectors say they've seized Belgorod towns, vow to 'liberate Russia'

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Putin defectors say they've seized Belgorod towns, vow to 'liberate Russia'
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The Freedom of Russia Legion aims 'to liberate Russia from Putinism,' Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician, told Newsweek.

Russian fighters serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces say they have seized settlements in the Belgorod region, located near to the Ukrainian border.—formed weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022—aims"to liberate Russia from Putinism," Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician, who says he is political representative for the group of fighters, toldThe Legion was declared a terrorist organization by Russia'sin March.

Tikhiy, 41-year-old, a Russian who joined the Freedom of Russia Legion to fight on the side of Ukraine, wears the patch of the Freedom of Russia Legion in Dolyna, eastern Ukraine on December 26, 2022. Freedom of Russia Legion is a Foreign volunteer legion formed in March 2022 with defectors from the Russian Armed Forces, Russian and Belarusian volunteers.

"The armed forces of the Russian Federation, together with the border service, the Russian Guard and [Russia's Federal Security Service] the FSB, are taking the necessary measures to eliminate the enemy. I will report the details," he said on his Telegram channel. Ukrainian news outlets reported Monday that a message was broadcast on radio stations saying that Belgorod will soon"become free."

The RVC said on its Telegram channel that its fighters were in Russia, publishing a short clip showing members standing in front of road signs in the Belgorod region.

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