Kyiv has accused Moscow of deliberate provocation and false flag accusations after Russian news agencies claimed that a Ukrainian sabotage group had taken hostages in a village in the Bryansk region of Russia that borders Ukraine.
The Ukrainian government quickly responded to the reports, saying that Russia was trying to justify an attack on another country. The allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Russia have not been immediately confirmed by any other source.
Russian officials referred to the event as a ‘terrorist attack,’ with Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov stating that Putin’s top officials were being sent updates from security agencies and Russia’s defence minister on the situation.
The FSB security service released a statement that claimed its forces and the army were trying to eliminate what it described as ‘an armed group of Ukrainian nationalists’ who had crossed the border.
Ukrainian colonel Anatoly Shtefan and senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, both accused Russia of a provocation.
They emphasized that Ukrainian armed forces had not resorted to provocations and would not resort to them, as they were protectors who defend their right to freedom and free life on their own land.
The reported attack comes after several drone attacks, understood to be Ukrainian-operated, was made or attempted in western Russian regions.
British military intelligence also recently claimed that Russia was launching drone attacks against Ukraine from the Bryansk region.
Putin has ordered the FSB to step up its guard against espionage and what he called terrorist threats emanating from Ukraine and the West.
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