Denis Nikitin, the leader and founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), has stated that Russian anti-regime military volunteers will open fire on military targets in Belgorod and Kursk oblasts within 1.5 hours.
Source: RVC
Quote: “We are once again addressing the residents of Kursk and Belgorod oblasts!
I am directly addressing the residents of these oblasts. Leave Kursk, Belgorod and all major population centres immediately. We will open fire on military targets in this area within 1.5 hours of this announcement.”
Background: On 13 March, Russian military volunteers published a joint statement announcing strikes on Russian military positions in Belgorod and Kursk and calling on residents to evacuate.
Reminder:
- On 12 March, soldiers of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Sibir (Siberian) Battalion reported they had crossed the Russian border. The military volunteer groups posted an address online, and a video appeared on Telegram channels purporting to show military personnel firing their weapons on Russian territory.
- Military volunteers from the Freedom of Russia Legion claimed they had taken full control of the Russian town of Tyotkino in Kursk Oblast.
- The founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) said that fighters of the RVC will make efforts to ensure that no sham elections of Russian President Vladimir Putin take place on the territories bordering Ukraine.
- Soldiers of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Sibir Battalion are advancing in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts, fighting and inflicting losses upon the Russian Armed Forces, said Alexei (aka Lyutik) Baranovsky, a volunteer soldier of the Freedom of Russia Legion.
Olena Mazurenko
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