"When the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to penetrate into the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts, 100 people, 6 tanks, Caesar self-propelled guns, and 20 enemy armored vehicles were destroyed", - the russian FSB said on the afternoon of March 12.
During the attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to penetrate the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Russian FSB claimed that 100 individuals, 6 tanks, the self-propelled artillery unit Caesar, and 20 enemy armored vehicles were destroyed on March 12.
However, the FSB contradicted reports about Ukrainian militants entering populated areas in the Belgorod and Kursk oblast.
Meanwhile, the russian Ministry of Defense stated that they had destroyed 5 tanks, stating, "On the border territory from the side of Ukraine, near Odnorobivka, up to 60 Ukrainian terrorists were destroyed. In the area of Nekhoteyevka, three tanks and an armored personnel carrier were destroyed, and in the area of Spodaryushino, two tanks".
The FSB and the Ministry of Defense did not disclose that the breakthrough into russian territory was carried out by fighters from the russian legion "Freedom of Russia".
As reported, the "Freedom of Russia" legion declared that it is "going to the elections".