Ukraine-Based Armed Groups Claim Raids Into Russia.
Three
Ukraine-based Russian paramilitary groups say they have crossed into Russia and
are now fighting government troops there.
The Freedom of Russia Legion and
Siberian Battalion posted videos purportedly showing their fighters in Russia's
Belgorod and Kursk regions.
The SVR and an exiled Russian
politician claimed two villages were now in control of "liberation
forces" while, Russia's defence ministry said, the breakthrough attempts
were thwarted.
In a separate development, Russia
said Ukraine had launched 25 drones on targets across Russia, but the attack
was thwarted, and videos have emerged which appear to show several Russian oil
facilities on fire.
In the Ivanovo region, just east
of Moscow, an Il-76 military-transport plane with eight crew and seven
passengers crashed shortly after take-off, Russia's defence ministry was quoted
as saying by Russian state-run news agencies, while, the ministry said an
engine fire caused the crash. It gave no details of survivors.
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