Participants of sabotage attack in Belgorod region say they are planning new similar actions
Their losses in the operation, they say, are much less than the Russian Defense Ministry claimed
Members of the sabotage group that crossed the border into Belgorod Oblast on Monday and clashed with Russian troops held a press conference in Ukraine and promised to carry out new actions on Russian territory.
Source. This was reported by the BBC.
"I think you will see us on the other side. I cannot disclose details, I cannot even disclose the direction. The border is quite long," Denis Kapustin, head of the Russian Volunteer Corps, told reporters.
Kapustin has been described by Western media as one of the most influential right-wing radicals in Europe, among other things, he is known as the owner of the White Rex brand, which sells clothing with neo-Nazi symbols.
In addition to the RDC, the so-called Freedom of Russia Legion (recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned) claimed responsibility for the raid in Belgorod Oblast. "In March, the Russian Volunteer Corps participated in a similar raid in the Bryansk region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the forces that invaded the territory of the Belgorod region were defeated, and "the remnants of the nationalists were pushed back to the territory of Ukraine." According to the Russian ministry, more than 70 saboteurs were killed during the fighting.
However, Kapustin said that two people were wounded in the raid on Russian territory, and no one was killed. According to him, an armored personnel carrier, small arms and other equipment were seized at the Graivoron checkpoint in Belgorod region.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion, who also took part in the press conference, claimed that their "total losses during the operation amounted to 2 killed and 10 wounded".
The journalists asked the head of the RDC to comment on Western media reports that the saboteurs used American weapons.
"I know exactly where I got my weapons from. Unfortunately, it was not from our Western partners," Kapustin said.
"As Putin once said, in the current situation, you can buy military equipment of any kind at any military sale, so I don't think it's some kind of exotic," Kapustin also said.
Background. As a reminder, the FT reported that sabotage groups in the Belgorod region used US armored vehicles.
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