Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak called the reports about the Ukrainian DRG in the Bryansk region a provocation by the Russian authorities:
“The story of Ukrainian DRGs in Russia is a classic provocation. Completely conscious. Russia wants to frighten its own people in order to somehow justify an attack on another country and growing poverty in a year of war. Meanwhile, the partisan movement in Russia is becoming stronger and more aggressive. Beware of your partisans ... "
Earlier today, in the border village of Sushany in the Bryansk region, a fight broke out between members of the National Guard and a group of armed men, state media reported . The authorities of the Bryansk region confirmed the incident in the Klimovsky district.
Later, the information was confirmed by the FSB, they said that the forces of the FSB and the Ministry of Defense were carrying out measures to destroy "armed Ukrainian nationalists who had violated the state border."
The so-called "Russian Volunteer Corps" claimed responsibility for the attack: