2023-05-22 20:44:00
The Russian authorities denounced this Monday that a Ukrainian sabotage group entered the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, in an incident that left eight people injured for the moment.
“A sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian army entered the Graivoron district”announced the governor of that region, Viacheslav Gladkov, quoted by the AFP and ANSA news agencies.
“We have eight wounded, according to information from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense. There are no deaths among civilians”Gladkov specified, and continued: “The Russian armed forces, together with the border guards, the Rosgvardia (national guard) and the FSB (security services) carry out all the necessary measures to liquidate the enemy.”
The regional leader indicated that the authorities are helping to evacuate the attacked area.
“We are going door to door (…) Most of the population has left the affected territory, and we are helping those who do not have it with our means of transportation.”Gladkov declared. “I hope our military will soon fulfill its mission and eliminate the enemy,” he added.
Since Russia launched its large-scale invasion in February last year, several border regions, including Belgorod, have reported property damage and civilian casualties from shells fired from Ukrainian territory.
Gladvok announced that “an anti-terrorist legal regime” was introduced in the region to ensure the safety of citizens, empowering law enforcement, allowing for measures such as enhanced identity, vehicle and security checks. the comunications.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed of the raid, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters, calling the raid an attempt by Ukraine to “divert attention” after Bakhmut’s loss of control.
For its part, the Ukrainian presidency assured that it “has nothing to do” with the incident, but that it follows the situation with “interest”.
The incursion was claimed in a Telegram chain by an account that claims to belong to the “Freedom for Russia Legion”, a group of Russians fighting on the side of Ukraine, and which has already claimed previous operations in the same region.
“The time has come to put an end to the Kremlin dictatorship,” a man who introduced himself to the AFP news agency as “César” in December, a spokesman for the group, said in a video broadcast by the network. This man was defined by the media as a former right-wing neo-Nazi, who in 2014 went over to the Ukrainian side.
According to the network, the group “totally liberated” a village in the Belgorod region and attacked a second town.
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant reconnected
The Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, reconnected this Monday to the electrical networkaccording to the Ukrainian authorities, after a cut caused by Russian night attacks.
The Ukrainian atomic agency Energoatom had affirmed during this day that the plant had been disconnected from the electrical network after a Russian night attack.
The Russian administration pointed out for its part that the plant “lost its external electrical supply due to power line cut Dniprovska” connected to a power station in the Dnipro region, without elaborating.
According to the Ukrainian Army, the city of Dnipro (central-east) was the target of an attack with 16 missiles and 20 Russian explosive drones, the AFP news agency reported.
During this “night attack”, four missiles and all Russian drones were shot down and at least eight civilians were injuredaccording to the same source in a statement posted on Facebook.
For his part, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Argentine Rafael Grossi, stated that the nuclear safety of the plant is “extremely vulnerable.”
“Must agree now to protect the plant. This situation cannot continue,” he said on Twitter.
This is officially the seventh time that the massive Zaporizhia nuclear complex has been cut off from the power grid since it was occupied by the Russian military on March 4, 2022.
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