Thursday 2 March 2023

Putin: Ukrainian Forces Committed Terror Attack in Bryansk by Opening Fire on Civilians

Putin: Ukrainian Forces Committed Terror Attack in Bryansk by Opening Fire on Civilians




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Earlier in the day, Bryansk region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that a Ukrainian sabotage group had infiltrated the border with the region, killing one person and injuring another one.







Ukrainian forces committed a terror attack in Bryansk by opening fire on civilians riding in a car, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said.


"Today they committed another terrorist act, another crime, entered the border territory and opened fire on civilians. They saw that it was a civilian car, they saw that civilians and children were sitting there, no, an ordinary Niva, they opened fire on them," Putin said.


Earlier in the day, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed that a group of Ukrainian nationalists penetrated the border, and an operation to liquidate the infiltrators is underway.


Prior to that, Bryansk region governor Alexander Bogomaz stated that one person was killed by the Ukrainian attack.


"Today, an infiltration unit from Ukraine penetrated into the village of Lyubechane, Klimovsky district. The saboteurs fired at a moving vehicle. As a result of the attack, one resident was killed, and a ten-year-old child was wounded," the head of the region wrote on his Telegram channel.


The governor's office noted that there were no precise details on the number of Ukrainian troops that attacked the region. Meanwhile, Kursk Regional Governor Roman Starovoyt stated that one person was killed and two were wounded by the Kiev regime's bombardment of the settlement of Tetkino. At least five shells hit the border village, the official said, adding that three houses were damaged.








Kremlin brands Ukrainian saboteurs’ incursion in Bryansk Region 'terror attack'



The Ukrainian militants’ incursion in the Bryansk Region is a terrorist attack, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.


"This is an attack by terrorists. Measures are currently underway to eliminate these terrorists," the Russian presidential spokesman said.


Replying to a question about measures that Moscow could take on the international scene in the wake of this attack, Peskov stressed: "On the international arena, [we] have drawn and continue drawing the attention of the world public to those terror attacks that these people (Ukrainian terrorists) carry out."


Ukrainian saboteurs infiltrated into the borderline district of the Bryansk Region on Thursday morning. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed that an operation was underway to eliminate the border infiltrators. According to official data, one civilian was killed and another one was wounded in the Ukrainian saboteurs’ attack.






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