Anti-Putin militia groups are fighting for Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod region, Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician, told Newsweek.
Russian fighters serving under the Ukrainian Armed Forces have crossed into the town of Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod region, bringing"heavy equipment" with them, Ilya Ponomarev, an exiled Russian politician—who says he is the political representative for the group of fighters—toldPonomarev's remarks came on the heels of a statement from Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who said shelling in the border town of Shebekino overnight injured at least eight people.
Fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps and allied group, the Freedom of Russia Legion, stand next to a seized armored personnel carrier during a presentation for the media in northern Ukraine, not far from the Russian border, on May 24, 2023, amid Russian military invasion on Ukraine. Russian nationals fighting on Ukraine's side on May 24 hailed as a"success" a brazen mission to send groups of volunteers across the border into southern Russia and back.in March.
"They passed the checkpoint quite a while [ago] already. They fight for Shebekino itself," Ponomarev, who represents the and was the only member of the Russian parliament to vote against Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014, toldPonomarev said both groups have"heavy equipment," and that equipment"should" include tanks.
The Kremlin likely instructed Belgorod Governor Gladkov to deny that the groups had entered Russian territory because"last time it was a disaster for them in the media," said Ponomarev.and the RVC on May 22. The Legion claimed to have seized the village of Kozinka and said that its units had entered the small town of Graivoron.
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