04:55Russia: We will severely suppress 'such terrorist attacks' - Zakharova on destruction of 'Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage group' in Belgorod region
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Moscow would severely suppress 'terrorist attacks' while commenting on the reported elimination of a 'Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group' in Belgorod region, during her weekly briefing in Moscow on Wednesday.
"No matter what they [the West] come up with, nothing will come of them, because they will be rebuffed. And, of course, no one will succeed in overshadowing the victory in Artemovsk, the attack of saboteurs on May 22 on the Belgorod region, designed to create a false impression among NATO curators of the Kiev regime about a high combat capability of Ukrainian Armed Forces - it all failed," Zakharova said.
In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson added that 'any arms deliveries to Kiev will not undo the goals and objectives that were set when the special military operation was launched'.
Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Monday that 'a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the territory of the Grayvoronsky district'.
He added that a 'counter-terrorist operation' had started and with most of the population moved to a temporary location. Later that day he confirmed that the restrictions imposed by the operation had been lifted.
The 'Freedom of Russia Legion' took responsibility for the attack, claiming that it had launched an assault together with the 'Russian Volunteer Corps' on the village of Grayvoron, as reported on their Telegram channel.
Advisor to the Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office Mykhailo Podolyak said that Kiev was 'not directly related' to the events on the border.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
04:55Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Moscow would severely suppress 'terrorist attacks' while commenting on the reported elimination of a 'Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group' in Belgorod region, during her weekly briefing in Moscow on Wednesday.
"No matter what they [the West] come up with, nothing will come of them, because they will be rebuffed. And, of course, no one will succeed in overshadowing the victory in Artemovsk, the attack of saboteurs on May 22 on the Belgorod region, designed to create a false impression among NATO curators of the Kiev regime about a high combat capability of Ukrainian Armed Forces - it all failed," Zakharova said.
In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson added that 'any arms deliveries to Kiev will not undo the goals and objectives that were set when the special military operation was launched'.
Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Monday that 'a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the territory of the Grayvoronsky district'.
He added that a 'counter-terrorist operation' had started and with most of the population moved to a temporary location. Later that day he confirmed that the restrictions imposed by the operation had been lifted.
The 'Freedom of Russia Legion' took responsibility for the attack, claiming that it had launched an assault together with the 'Russian Volunteer Corps' on the village of Grayvoron, as reported on their Telegram channel.
Advisor to the Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office Mykhailo Podolyak said that Kiev was 'not directly related' to the events on the border.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.