The United Kingdom’s intelligence services indicated this Tuesday that Russian authorities “face a seriously serious security threat” in its border areas with Ukraine. This has been made clear after the latest armed attacks in Belgorod, blamed by Moscow on Kiev but whose authority is claimed by Russian armed groups.
In addition, he has stated that “between 19 and 22 May, Russian security forces most likely encountered partisans in at least three locations in the Belgorod region” and that “although the identities of the partisans have not been confirmed, the groups protested and claimed responsibility for the Russian regime”.
“The most serious incident occurred near the town of Greyvoran. In addition to confrontations with small arms, there was an increase in attacks with drones or indirect shots near the places of incidents,” he stressed, as indicated by the British ministry. Defense through a statement published on its Twitter account.
“Russia has evacuated several villages and deployed more security forces to the area,” he said. He has also stressed that this security threat “includes the loss of fighter jets, home-made explosive device attacks on railway tracks, and now direct partisan action.”
For this reason, British intelligence services have reported that “most likely” Russian officials “will use these events to support the official narrative that this is a victim of war.” Moscow on Monday blamed Ukrainian armed forces for the weekend attacks that resulted in at least eight people being injured, although Kiev distanced itself from what happened and blamed responsibility by the national military movement group, Freedom of Russia. has been claimed.
This Tuesday, in addition, the governor of the Belgorod region, Viacheslav Gladkov, has condemned several early-morning drone attacks against two residential buildings and an administrative building, in the midst of an anti-terrorist operation, according to Russia. Due to the intrusion of saboteurs the day before.
The head of the Belgorod region wrote in his Telegram account, “Two residential buildings in Gravoron were attacked by drones. They caught fire as a result of the launch. There were no casualties.” Gladkov said that in the village of Borisovka “an explosive device was dropped from a drone on an administrative building.”
There were also no victims in this case, insisted Gladkov, who pointed out that the roof of a house was damaged. The governor of Belgorod has assured that the drone was shot down by anti-aircraft defense systems.
