According to the latest information, the two groups of Russian fighters allied with Ukraine who entered the Belgorod region still control a number of places on Russian territory, our correspondent in Kiev reports. Stephane Siohan.
They were not all eliminated, quite the opposite, as the Kremlin propagates, because some of them have already returned to Ukrainian territory and the Ukrainian authorities are preparing to reveal their exploits to the press, trying to politically portray the events of the past year to exploit 24 hours a day, with an innate sense of trolling, that art of ridiculing the opponent. Because from Kiev it’s an open secret: Of course, the Russian Freedom Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps are under the control of the Ukrainian military intelligence service, we don’t even try to hide it.
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A psychological operation
It is only here that commentators, politicians and the media get a kick out of the creation of the Belgorod People’s Republic, a direct nod to the self-proclaimed separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and the ill-fated separatist incursion into Russian territory.
In reality, what the Ukrainians are doing is a psychological operation of the first order, it’s about returning the sprinkler to the sprinkled, in an inverted mirror effect. Kiev shows the Russians what the Kremlin did to the Ukrainians in spring 2014.
“Numerous” drone strikes again targeted the Belgorod region during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the region’s governor said on May 24. “The night wasn’t really quiet. There have been numerous drone attacks. Anti-aircraft defense took care of much of it,” Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram, adding that these attacks still damaged vehicles, houses and public buildings in the area, but without causing any casualties.