Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (DIU) has reported that authorities in the Russian Federation’s Belgorod Oblast decided to evacuate local residents due to the operations carried out by Russian [pro-Ukrainian] military volunteer groups.
Source: intercepted conversation of a resident of the Russian Federation, a fragment of which was provided to Ukrainska Pravda by a source in Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence
Details: An intercepted conversation with a local resident indicates that the people of Grayvoron, Grayvoron district, Belgorod Oblast, Russian Federation, are being evacuated.
Mom called me, Dima called. They said they were evacuating.”
Details: Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod Oblast, reported on Telegram at 14:18 that “the Grayvoron city district was again attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine” (Russian authorities continue to stubbornly refuse to recognise that they are opposed by Russian volunteers). Gladkov stated there are casualties in the city.
At 15:30, he reported that an air-raid warning was issued in Belgorod Oblast.
Background:
- On 13 March, Russian volunteer soldiers fighting on the Ukrainian side announced strikes on Russian military positions in Belgorod and Kursk and called on local residents to evacuate.
- On 14 March, at 10:30, Denis Nikitin, the head and founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps, announced that Russian volunteers would open fire on Russian military targets in Belgorod and Kursk within an hour and a half.
- The Russian Volunteer Corps then issued a call to all residents of Kursk and Bryansk oblasts who did not have time or were unable to evacuate to seek shelter immediately.
Valentyna Romanenko
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