Governor wants to negotiate
“Sabotage group” invades Russian border town
6/4/2023 6:44 p.m
The self-proclaimed liberators of Russia continue to prick Russian territory. According to the governor of the Belgorod region, a group is attacking the village of Novaya Tavolshanka. The evacuation of the area continues.
According to the governor of the region, fighting has taken place in a Russian village on the border with Ukraine. A “sabotage group” had come to the town of Novaya Tavolshanka and fighting was going on, Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. He commented on the alleged saboteurs: “I hope they will all be destroyed”.
Videos surfaced on social media showing a small number of fighters reportedly moving around the town. A few shots are fired. There are no tanks or armored vehicles previously used in other attacks on the region. However, there are also doubts that the shown pictures come from the village. Novaya Tavolshanka is only a few hundred meters from the border with Ukraine. A little more than 5000 people are said to live there.
At the same time, Gladkov declared his willingness to negotiate with pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters who had claimed responsibility for attacks in the border region. “The only thing stopping me from dealing with them is our men who are in their hands,” the governor explained.
According to the authorities there, the Russian border region of Belgorod has been under fire for days. According to the information, several civilians were killed. Gladkov called on the residents of villages in the Schebekino district on Sunday to leave their homes and go to safety.
The governor announced that more than 4,000 people were already being accommodated in temporary shelters in the Belgorod region. On Sunday, minors from border villages and children of soldiers fighting in Ukraine should be taken to youth camps, he announced.
On Thursday, the Russian army announced that it had repelled an attempted “invasion” by Ukrainian units overland to Belgorod using artillery and fighter jets.