While voting for the presidential election was being held in Russia, an organization of Russian volunteer soldiers on the side of Ukraine claimed to have launched a cross-border attack on the western part of Russia, which borders Ukraine, on the 17th and took control of a municipal government building.
On the 17th, the Siberian Battalion, an organization of Russian volunteer soldiers fighting on the side of Ukraine against the Putin regime, claimed to have taken control of a municipal building in Belgorod Oblast, western Russia, which borders Ukraine.
The operation is said to have been carried out jointly with other Russian volunteer organizations.
The local government claims to have taken control of the government building, which is located in a village about 2 kilometers from the border that is thought to have a population of several hundred people.In a video released by volunteer soldiers, fighters are seen removing Russian flags and other items that had been hoisted from a building that appears to be a government building. is photographed.
Meanwhile, on the same day, on the 17th, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down a Mil-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force as it headed towards Belgorod Oblast.
While voting for the presidential election is underway in Russia, there have been a number of cross-border attacks from the Ukrainian side in areas such as western Russia, which borders Ukraine, and the Russian side appears to be increasing its vigilance.