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| Ukraine saboteurs stage attack in Russia – governor | |
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| Raiders killed one local resident and injured a ten-year-old child, according to an official | Raiders killed one local resident and injured a ten-year-old child, according to an official |
| A group of Ukrainian raiders has attacked a vehicle across the border in Russia’s Bryansk Region, killing one resident and injuring a child, local governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said on Thursday. | A group of Ukrainian raiders has attacked a vehicle across the border in Russia’s Bryansk Region, killing one resident and injuring a child, local governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said on Thursday. |
| Writing on Telegram, Bogomaz stated that “today a sabotage-reconnaissance group intruded from Ukraine” in the village of Lyubechane, which lies directly on the Russian-Ukrainian border. | |
| “Saboteurs fired at a moving car. As a result of the attack, one local resident was killed, with a ten-year-old child wounded,” he added. The child has been taken to hospital, the official said. | |
| Russian forces “are taking all the necessary measures to eliminate the saboteur group,” Bogomaz added, without providing details on how many Ukrainian personnel had taken part in the attack. | |
| The group is said to have attacked a school bus and killed its driver. Other unconfirmed reports indicated that the children were rescued by eyewitnesses. A passing car picked up three children, including a wounded boy who was shot in the back, reports claimed. | |
| Unconfirmed reports on social media suggested that the region was also attacked by two Ukrainian groups with a combined strength of 50 people, who took an unspecified number of residents hostage in the village of Sushany. It was also reported that security forces are confronting the attackers. | |
| There has been no official confirmation of the claims, although Bogomaz noted that Kiev had staged a drone attack on Sushany. | |
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