The Russian domestic secret service FSB reports the killing of four Ukrainian saboteurs in the Bryansk border region. The men are said to have planned terrorist attacks. The Ukrainian side disagrees and instead considers a mine explosion to be the cause of her death.
According to the Russian domestic secret service FSB, four saboteurs were killed on the Russian-Ukrainian border. The FSB said the Ukrainians were "liquidated" trying to cross the border in the Bryansk region.
They were said to have carried home-made explosive devices, foreign arms and ammunition, and communications and navigation equipment to carry out terrorist attacks on Russian territory. Ukrainian media reported today that the men were performing military duties against Russia's war of aggression. Ukrainian soldier Yevhen Karas confirmed the death of his comrades in the Telegram news channel, whose names and photos he also published. However, based on the images published by the FSB, he assumed that the men had been killed by a mine explosion. According to the FSB, they were already killed on December 25.
For months, the Russian authorities have been complaining about attacks from the Ukrainian side in the area near the border, but also in the hinterland. The FSB now reports arrests of suspected saboteurs and terrorists in different parts of Russia on an almost daily basis. There is also repeated talk of drone attacks. The day before there was another drone attack on the Russian military base in Engels in the Saratov region. According to the government in Moscow, three soldiers lost their lives.
A Ukrainian drone was shot down near the base on Monday, Russian news agencies reported, citing the Defense Ministry. The soldiers were killed by falling debris. It was the second attack this month on the base, which is home to long-range strategic bombers. It is hundreds of kilometers from the front lines in Ukraine and near the city of Saratov, some 730 kilometers south-east of Moscow. There was initially no reaction from the Ukrainian leadership. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for this attack, nor for the December 5 attack on the Engels base.
