Russian governor of Belgorod region accuses Ukrainian army of sending saboteurs across the border. Russian security forces and the army have taken measures to repel the incursion.

Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR denies that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian soldiers. Russian forces are now striving to destroy the "saboteurs" Meanwhile, the Wagner mercenary group has announced that it will withdraw from Bakhmut on June 1. The Russian region of Bel Gorod borders Ukraine, its capital of the same name is only a few kilometers away from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.