Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a video of Ruslan Poltoratsky, a soldier of Ukraine’s 80th separate airborne assault brigade captured in the Kursk Region, saying during interrogation that the Kiev military’s aim was to reach Kursk and Belgorod in order to later use this attack as an argument in talks on a peace treaty with Russia.
According to the POW, the Ukrainian command called the operation "Ukraine's last hope.""’We are moving forward,’ we were told. Our first aim was to reach Kursk. From Kursk we were to go as far as Belgorod, to capture more territory, so that in negotiating a peace treaty there would be an opportunity to exchange your territories for ours," he said. Poltoratsky said that the squads’ commanders were following orders from a man known by his call sign Strizh (Swift), who briefed them on all latest instructions.
"He said that this operation was Ukraine's last hope," the POW said.
Poltoratsky described some details of the operation. On July 28, the man’s unit was relocated to the forest near the village of Peschannoye, where they stayed for a week.
"After about four days, the commander who introduced himself as Strizh (Swift) - his call sign - gathered us. He said literally this: ‘We are now waiting for the main forces to prepare for an attack on Russia. We are waiting. According to the plan, first one brigade enters from one side and performs its task, then the other brigades follow and perform their tasks. We are waiting to see how they will succeed’," Poltoratsky added.
Earlier, the FSB public relations center said that border guards with assistance from local residents detained a soldier of Ukraine’s 80th separate airborne assault brigade. The POW testified that they had been ordered to shoot everyone on the spot in case of resistance from the local population. When entering villages in the Kursk Region, Ukrainian soldiers engaged in looting and seized everything they could take away.
- The governor of Russia's Kursk region told President Vladimir Putin that 121,000 people have left or been evacuated from the frontline zone.
Governor Alexei Smirnov told Putin during a video conference with governors of affected regions on Monday that "as of today 121,000 people have left and been evacuated," while 59,000 more need to leave.
The civilian toll from Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region has risen to 12 dead and 121 injured.
"Twelve civilians have died and 121 have been injured, including 10 children," Smirnov added.
Governor Alexei Smirnov said Ukraine now controls 28 settlements in the border province and that Kyiv's forces have advanced 12km (7.4 miles) into Russian territory.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin does not rule out the possibility of new Ukrainian attacks against country’s border areas.
"The adversary will further attempt to destabilize the situation for the purpose of stirring up the internal political situation in our country," the head of state said.
"If it is relatively calm at present in the Bryansk Region, it does not mean the situation tomorrow will remain the same," Putin added, having listened to the report of Governor of Bryansk Region Alexander Bogomaz.
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Poutine: ️Il n'y a aucune raison de négocier avec Kiev qui attaque des civils
ReplyDeletePoutine s'attend à ce que Kiev poursuive ses tentatives de déstabilisation des régions frontalières russes, y compris celle de Briansk.
ReplyDeleteThe enemy will receive a proper response in the border regions of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
ReplyDelete"The enemy will certainly receive a proper response, and all the goals we face will undoubtedly be achieved," Putin said at an operational meeting with representatives of the law enforcement on the situation in the Kursk region.
The relative calm situation in the Bryansk Region today does not guarantee that this will continue, we need to prepare for different scenarios, Putin said.
"If it is relatively calm in the Bryansk Region today, this does not mean that the same situation will remain there tomorrow. I ask you to take this very carefully together with the law enforcement agencies, together with the headquarters, which is being created through the FSB of Russia with the support of Rosgvardiya. All the issues that need to be discussed, in order to prepare for any development of the situation, together with the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, must be prepared and resolved in advance," the president said.
Kiev's action in Russia's Kursk Region aims to stop the offensive of Russian troops along the front line, Putin said.
Исполняющий обязанности губернатора Курской области Алексей Смирнов рассказал президенту России Владимиру Путину о деятельности диверсионных групп на приграничных территориях региона.
ReplyDeleteВ ходе совещания о ситуации в приграничных с Украиной регионах Смирнов отметил, что некоторые из этих групп могут использовать российскую форму, транспорт и документы, что создает дополнительную угрозу.
Ruslan Poltoratsky, a serviceman of Ukraine’s 80th Airborne Assault Brigade detained by Russian border guards, has said that foreign nationals are taking part in the cross-border attack on the Kursk Region.
ReplyDelete"When we crossed the border with Russia, at first I thought there was some line noise. But then I distinguished what they were saying - they were speaking English, Polish, maybe even French. I did not understand anything, I said into the walkie-talkie - 'repeat, repeat,' hearing some gibberish," the captured serviceman said during the interrogation, the video footage of which was released by the FSB.
"When they had already taken positions [in the Kursk Region], they also went on the air with their superiors, with ours as well, and I also heard them saying something in English and in some other language. Something about houses, chaos," he said. At the same time, he heard the sound of shooting coming from the two-way radio.
Earlier, Major General Apty Alaudinov, deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department and commander of the Akhmat special forces commando unit, said there were a lot of French and Polish mercenaries in the Kursk area.
Под контролем Киева находятся 28 населенных пунктов Курской области, сообщил врио губернатора. По его словам, там живут порядка 2 тысяч человек.
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