Are said to have planned attacks
FSB claims to have arrested anti-Putin fighters
March 14, 2024, 10:31 a.m
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Recently, the “Russian Volunteer Corps” has been drawing attention to itself with attacks on Russia. The FSB secret service has now reported the arrest of several members of the anti-Kremlin militia. They are said to have planned attacks in Russia and Ukraine.
According to the Russian Secret Service (FSB), four members of a suspected pro-Ukrainian paramilitary group who are said to have planned attacks in Russia have been arrested in Russia. “The FSB has put an end to the illegal activities of a secret cell of the Ukrainian paramilitary group ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’ in St. Petersburg, which acted in the interests of the Ukrainian intelligence services,” it said.
Accordingly, the group planned poison attacks on Russian soldiers deployed in Ukraine. The FSB further stated that those arrested had scouted out important infrastructure and transport facilities in St. Petersburg and the region in order to carry out attacks there. The “Russian Volunteer Corps” as well as the groups “Freedom for Russia” and “Siberian Battalion” are made up of volunteer Russian fighters who oppose the Kremlin.
This week the groups said they had invaded Russia from Ukraine and captured a village in the Kursk region. According to Russian authorities, all attacks were repelled. On Wednesday, pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters threatened large-scale attacks on military targets in the border towns of Belgorod and Kursk and called on residents to leave.