China News Agency, Beijing, March 3. Comprehensive news: According to Russian media reports on the 2nd, a group of saboteurs sneaked into the Russian border from Ukraine and attacked local residents.

Russian President Vladimir Putin characterized the incident as a "terrorist attack."

The Ukrainian side believes that this is a "deliberate provocation" by the Russian side.

During the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken had a brief conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.

　　Russia says Ukrainian saboteurs sneaked into Russian border to carry out "terrorist attacks"

　　According to a report by the TASS news agency on the 2nd, a group of saboteurs sneaked into the Bryansk region on the Russian border from Ukraine, or six Russian civilians were taken hostage, and there may be casualties.

According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency, the attack by the intruders that day caused the death of 2 civilians.

　　Later that day, the Russian Federal Security Service stated that the Ukrainian saboteurs who carried out the sneak attack had been driven back to Ukrainian territory that day.

　　Russian media reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin characterized the attack launched by Ukrainian saboteurs in Bryansk Oblast as a "terrorist attack."

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian military will launch an investigation to determine the identity of the attacker.

　　Ukraine accuses Russia of "deliberate provocation"; U.S. Department of Defense denies providing intelligence

　　According to a report by the Ukrainian National News Agency on the 2nd, Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian President's Office, posted on social media that day that Russia's statement that Ukrainian saboteurs entered the Russian border area was a "typical deliberate provocation."

The purpose of Russia's doing this may be to create "reasonability" for continuing to launch attacks on Ukraine.

　　According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 3rd, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federal Security Council Medvedev posted on social media, accusing NATO and the EU of being "participants in terrorist acts in Ukraine and direct accomplices of terrorists."

　　According to the news released on the website of the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Defense Spokesperson Ryder said at a press conference on the 2nd that the US provided intelligence or information to Ukraine when answering questions about the drone attack in Crimea and the attack in Bryansk region. Claims that the attack was made possible by targeting locations inside Russia are "nonsense."

"We are not at war with Russia, and we do not seek to be at war with Russia," he said.

　　U.S. and Russian Foreign Ministers Talk Briefly in New Delhi

　　According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov met with US Secretary of State Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, India on the 2nd and had a brief conversation.

This is the first face-to-face contact between foreign ministers of the two countries since February last year.

　　According to the news released on the website of the US State Department, Blinken said that he had a brief conversation with Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, calling on Russia to resume its implementation of the Russia-US New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, calling on Russia to stop special military operations and start meaningful diplomatic dialogue.

The United States is always ready to support Ukraine through diplomatic means and resolve the Ukrainian crisis on the basis of the "ten-point peace plan" proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

　　Russian Satellite News Agency reported that Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said that Lavrov communicated at the request of Blinken.

During the talks, Lavrov "replied Blinken's 'all proposals' in his own way".

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