The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the next disruption of Kyiv’s attempts to break into the territory of the Belgorod region.
“On March 14, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the border bodies of the FSB of Russia, was torn off the next attempt to break through the APU units into the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, this time in the area of the border settlement of Kozinka,” the report said.
The department argues that “about 16.30 Moscow time in order to achieve surprise, the Ukrainian sabotage group of militants of special operations and foreign mercenaries, on two Mi-8 helicopters, using the terrain, raised the landing of up to 30 people in Ukrainian territory, at a distance of 1 km from the state border of the Russian Federation “.
The department noted that “after landing, the sabotage group secretly advanced in the direction of the village of Kozinka, Belgorod Region, located directly at the state border of the Russian Federation, where it went into several houses on its outskirts”.
“When trying to advance deep into the settlement, Ukrainian saboteurs were discovered and stopped by the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation together with the border bodies of the FSB of Russia,” the report said.
The Ministry of Defense noted that the enemy was inflicted by fire defeat by artillery fire, army aviation blows and the use of controlled aviation bombs.
“to exclude the approach of reserves, remote mining of the area was carried out. Substantial losses, Ukrainian militants began a retreat to the territory of Ukraine. The group of saboteurs tried to gain a foothold in one of the houses on the Republican street, directly adjacent to the state border, where it was blocked by the divisions of the Russian army “, – say in the Russian defense department.
“Currently, control over the settlement has been completely restored, the region of blocking the sabotage and intelligence group was completely restored,” the department added.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation argues that “in general, over the past three days from the 12th to the 14th of March, the troops of the Group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” West “, together with the border bodies of the FSB of Russia, all attempts by Ukrainian militants to break into the territory of Belgorod and the Kursk regions of the Russian Federation are stopped “.
“The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 1.5 thousand militants, of which about 500 were irrevocable, 18 tanks and 23 military armored vehicles were destroyed,” the message said.
In the regions of the Russian Federation bordering with Ukraine, in the last week, missile danger lines are often heard.