The Russian police claim that a gang of saboteurs crossed the border from Ukraine into the Belgorod region of Russia. Clashes that followed left many persons hurt.
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Russian forces are reportedly looking for the group, according to the local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who claimed they invaded the bordering Grayvoronsky district.
The spokesperson for Vladimir Putin claimed that the Russian president had been notified.
Ukraine denies liability and asserts that two paramilitary organizations led by Russian residents were responsible for the assault.
Six persons, including two hospitalized after the village of Glotovo was bombarded and three who had shrapnel wounds in the town of Grayvoron, according to Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, had been hurt.
Three homes as well as a local government facility had been destroyed by fighting, he added.
According to Kyiv, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) and the Liberty of Russia Legion were responsible for the continuing disturbance.
On Monday, the Liberty of Russia Legion, a Russian militia based in Ukraine that claims to be fighting inside Russia to topple President Putin, claimed to have "completely liberated" the border town of Kozinka. It said that further east at the town of Grayvoron, advancing units had arrived.
To divert attention from the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, which a Russian mercenary group claims to have taken control of after months of bitter and bloody fighting, Mr. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies that efforts were being made to eliminate the sabotage group.
"We perfectly understand the purpose of such sabotage -- to divert attention from the Bakhmut direction, to minimize the political effect of the loss of Artemovsk [Bakhmut] by the Ukrainian side," he said.
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Kyiv claims to still have control over several areas of the city.
Mikhaylo Podolyak, the presidential advisor for Ukraine, said his nation was "interested" in what was happening in Belgorod but "has nothing to do with it."
As you are aware, tanks are available for purchase at any Russian military supply outlet, and Russian citizens make up the majority of underground guerrilla organizations.
In the past, Ukraine has denied being behind any sabotage attacks on Russian soil.
Russian defenses are revealed by satellites before a massive attack.
The most recent incident occurred before Kyiv's anticipated counteroffensive against Russian invaders.
Russia unintentionally landed a bomb in Belgorod in April, which is located 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the Ukrainian border.
After an unexploded device was discovered a few days later, more than 3,000 residents were forced to leave their houses.
