This picture shows a damaged car at the scene of fresh aerial attacks on Belgorod on March 14, 2024.
A senior Ukrainian intelligence official said on Thursday that armed groups purporting to be made up of Russians opposed to the Kremlin were pressing an incursion into Russian territory and had turned two border regions into "active combat zones."A senior Ukrainian intelligence official said on Thursday that armed groups he described as Russians opposed to the Kremlin were pressing an incursion into Russian territory and had turned two border regions into "active combat zones.
"And as stated by the volunteers and rebels, we are talking about Russian citizens who, having no other options, are defending their civil right with arms against the Putin regime."Russia ready to use nuclear weapons if threatened, Putin tells state media Gladkov earlier said that two people were killed and at least 20 injured in attacks by Ukrainian armed forces.
The Freedom of Russia legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps have previously claimed responsibility for other cross-border raids into Russia from Ukraine.Inside an overnight mission with a Ukrainian drone unit stalking Russian troops Putin has sought to persuade Russians to keep him in power against a backdrop of what he says are foreign threats to the country.Analysts say the Kremlin is worried about low turnout during the three days of voting that begin Friday and needs Russians to participate to give legitimacy to Putin, who is almost certain to win another six-year term.As Kyiv marks two years since Russia's invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died fighting.