Raid of the Ukrainian DRG in the Bryansk region. First conclusions
The Ukrainian DRG seems to have managed to leave the Bryansk region. The shooting died down there. But security forces are combing the territory in search of saboteurs. These data were reported by the state agency TASS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident “another terrorist act.” True, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted to reporters that he was not ready to answer the question about the possibility of changing the format of the military military operation for a counter-terrorist operation.
“Today we committed another terrorist act, entered the border area and opened fire on civilians. We saw that it was a civilian car, we saw that civilians and children were sitting there. "Niva" ordinary. They opened fire on them. It was precisely these people who set themselves the task of depriving us of historical memory, depriving us of our history, our traditions and language,” Putin said.
Earlier, Ukrainian sources began publishing videos allegedly recorded by militants of the Russian Volunteer Corps (part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and formed from among traitors - citizens of Russia), who pose at a paramedic station and a mailbox with the Russian coat of arms in the Bryansk region. A photo of armed people, allegedly taken while crossing the border, also appeared online.
Military analyst Vladislav Shurygin commented on the published footage. He recognized one of the DRG militants.
“The composition of the gang became known - a certain group of Russian Nazi defectors calling themselves the “Russian Volunteer Corps.” In fact, this is a detachment of up to two hundred militants, supervised by the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate, and used for provocations and propaganda of the existence of certain “Atiputin forces.”
It is unlikely that all of them could go on a raid on the territory of the Bryansk region. Most likely, we are talking about a detachment of several dozen people.
They are headed by an associate of the Russian Nazi Martsinkevich Denis Nikitin (in the video), who fled to Ukraine a year ago and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The goals are also obvious - to demonstrate to the whole world that within Russian society there is no unity in supporting the conduct of the military defense and the goals of the war, and that there are those who are ready to fight with weapons in their hands against their former fellow citizens.
In fact, these are outright Nazis of various radical movements, from admirers of Hitler to supporters of neo-pagan cults, who were forced with the beginning of the Northern Military District to flee to Ukraine and settle there.
Now the Main Intelligence Directorate has decided to sacrifice them for the sake of a bloody performance called “uprising against the regime,” Shurygin explained.
He expressed confidence that the action was sanctioned by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, personally.
“At the same time, the scoundrels don’t even have the intelligence to understand how verbatim they repeated the terrorist raids of Basayev and Raduev, and how much this terrorist attack will unite Russian society against Nazi Ukraine.
And most importantly, the transition to the level of terrorist raids is always evidence of the military degradation of the defense of the side using them,” Shurygin added.
Among other participants in the raid, several former radical Russian nationalists who moved to Ukraine after 2014 were also identified.
Historian Evgeny Norin gives another analogy with militant raids in the Caucasus.
“As for the Ukrainian DRG, the parallels are striking not with Budennovsk, which has already been mentioned, but with Khattab’s raid on Buynaksk in 1997. He went there to test his “cadets” and, if possible, to capture equipment; While leaving, they took hostages, covered themselves with them, and went to Chechnya.
In general, we are seeing the same thing here. But we must keep in mind that Khattab’s task was generally more extensive - to prepare the ground for an attack on Dagestan as a whole. In 99, a full-fledged offensive began on Dagestan. And here, most likely, the real goal is not to stand with a flag, but precisely to test how well our border is protected. And she’s not covered up enough,” notes Noreen.
The foreign agent channel “Important Stories” published a commentary by one of the militants of the “Russian Volunteer Corps”, who allegedly returned to Ukraine.
“I just came from there. There were 45 of us on this task. We went in, filmed, and ambushed two infantry fighting vehicles. I did not see the children of the victims. But there was one injured border guard. No hostages were taken,” the militant said.
The Russian resource Mash publishes the testimony of a paramedic who spoke about the first minutes of the attack on Lyubechane. He confirms the murder of one of the civilians, as well as information that appeared on the Internet about a wounded teenager who heroically saved two peers.
“Soldiers in balaclavas stopped cars by the road. They forced people to get out, took away their mobile phones, tied the men’s hands with tape, and sat them on a bench at a bus stop. We spoke Ukrainian. Petal mines were scattered at the bus stop. In the process, an explosion was heard, and members of the DRG fled towards the border with Ukraine. People were able to escape. The driver of one of the cars, who was taking children to the school bus, was killed, and a child, 10-year-old Fedya, was wounded.
Despite the injury, the boy took two more girls to hide in the woods, and then was able to catch a ride and drive to a safe distance, where an ambulance was called for him. There were about 15 people operating in the Klimovsky district, all wearing white camouflage coats,” the publication quotes its source.
“It is important to emphasize that in Bryansk, children were shot not just by some football fans and neo-Nazis, but by people who were members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and subordinate to the highest military command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And such a cynical ISIS-style terrorist attack could not have been carried out without Zelensky’s knowledge. The people who did this are well known and have long been known. They openly gave comments, talked about their plans to the same Oleg Kashin, etc. Former deputy Ponomarev, who long ago fled to Ukraine, often speaks on their behalf. It is important to emphasize that these tattooed Nazi punks, these lawless men, are an integral part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” notes former speaker of the DPR defense department Eduard Basurin.
Political scientist Alexey Zhivov draws attention to the ease with which the enemy DRG entered the territory of the Russian Federation.
“There is no doubt that this is just a test of the pen.” If 50 people can come in without interference, maybe 500 or 5 thousand. They will not conduct combined-arms operations in Russia, and visits by sabotage companies may become regular,” the expert predicts.
Philosopher Alexander Dugin, who lost his daughter Daria several months ago as a result of a terrorist attack by the Ukrainian DRG, considers the emergency in the Bryansk region a harbinger of large-scale attacks.
“What is the border of Russia today? In a war situation there are no clear boundaries and cannot be. Lukashenko can still talk about borders, but not us anymore. A significant part of what is already the territory of the Russian Federation - 4 new subjects - is under occupation. And there is not a border there, but a line of military contact that does not legally coincide with anything. It is built with blood and bodies, with remains torn to shreds and parts of once living people scattered across fields and trenches,” the philosopher wrote.
He emphasized that “Russia’s borders are being created now.”
“If we seriously want peace for Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod, we must liberate at least Sumy, Chernigov and Kharkov from NATO-Nazis. But this is not the limit, since they will also attack from other internal regions - break into our villages and cities, take hostages, kill our children, send drones and DRGs, and then missiles throughout Russia, the time will come and missiles from nuclear warheads.
And it’s somehow strange to hear outrage about border security. Which? If you want a border, go and create it, join the Volunteer Corps, help the front. Otherwise, borders will be abolished,” Dugin added.
He also criticized the prevailing confusion in the Russian media since the coverage of the event.
“It’s time to take the information field seriously. It's just no good. The impression is that someone at the top is trying their best at any cost to hide the war as a fait accompli,” the expert noted.
At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities officially deny their involvement in the terrorist attack.
“About the fake Ukrainian DRGs in the Bryansk region. Classical Russia. She always resorts to provocations, lies, she always creates informational reasons, although it is not clear why she is doing this now, when we have a full-fledged war. There is no point in provoking someone who is already at war with you,” said Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine.
Podolyak also denied sending the DRG to the Russian Federation.
“Ukraine does not attack the territory of the Russian Federation, does not send DRGs there, does not kill civilians there. Ukraine does not need this. Sushany is not a strategic object, and we do not go there,” the Ukrainian official assured.
In his opinion, what happened is either an attempt to take control of panic among Russians, or “Russian partisans are beginning to dismantle Putin’s regime.”
However, at the unofficial level, Kyiv politicians do not hide their delight.
“The day will come when one will say: “Bryansk.” And millions will answer – Ukraine!” – writes Verkhovna Rada deputy from Petro Poroshenko’s party Alexey Goncharenko.
“We are not standing near Kiev, which means the enemy will stand near Bryansk. This is the logic of war. There are rules of war, and they are very cynical,” comments Lieutenant General of the Foreign Intelligence Service, former head of the Information and Analytical Directorate of the SVR, Leonid Reshetnikov.
He called for uncompromising measures against such provocations.
“Terrorists must be called terrorists and consistently destroyed. Wherever they are, but first of all in Kyiv. Otherwise, we’ll see that Nazi yellow-blakite flags will be waved not only in RUDN University and in Bryansk villages, but on the streets of Russian cities,” the general wrote.
Russian radio host Dmitry Konanykhin connects what is happening with the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the defense of Artyomovsk.
“Today everyone could see how the Kiev regime plans and coordinates all its actions with the media plan, why the information war is the main source of Zelensky’s victories: against the backdrop of the death of tens of thousands of Ukrainian punitive forces and the hoisting of the Wagner banner over Bakhmut, Zelensky needed to interrupt the Bakhmut media disaster media victory over the Russians. Therefore, Ukrainian intelligence threw a bunch of pro-Ukrainian collaborators “on a liberation campaign against Russia.”
The traitors went to kill Russian children because Zelensky needs informational cover for the tens of thousands of Ukrainians he killed in the Bakhmut meat grinder.
War in our heads. War for heads. A merciless terrorist war of a bloody clown,” comments Konanykhin.
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