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In the fight against Putin’s army, partisan troops are taking the war to Russia. You have declared big goals.
Belgorod – Voluntary partisan armies are suddenly playing a larger role in Russia’s war against Ukraine: Several troops are said to have succeeded in taking Russian territory – and there is now apparently a former storage facility for nuclear weapons within striking distance. The pro-Ukrainian fighters probably want to set their sights on a larger target anyway.
The Kremlin-critical volunteer troops were only a few kilometers from the Russian weapons depot, the news portal reported Newsweek. A total of three battalions were involved in the advance. These are not Ukrainian fighters, but rather Russian partisans who are critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Three volunteer squads in front of a nuclear weapons storage facility in Russia
The “Russian Freedom Legion”, the “Siberian Battalion” and the “Russian Volunteer Corps” are said to be involved. According to their own statements, the soldiers successfully entered the Belgorod and Kursk regions. Now they are said to have taken control of the border village of Gorkowski, according to the news agency Reuters reported.
A video shows that the partisans removed a Russian flag from a school in the captured village. This information cannot be independently verified. However, partisans had to Further attacks on the Russian region announced over the weekend.
How Newsweek Citing a military blogger on However, the camp mentioned is said to no longer have nuclear weapons, as stated in the Kremlin-loyal Telegram channel “Rybar”.
Ukraine supports Russian partisan troops in the war against Putin
Russian volunteer troops had already carried out similar raids on Russia and the Belgorod region in May 2023. According to the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR, it was possible to expel Russian army troops from the “Belgorod-22” nuclear storage facility.
The current successes of the partisans could also influence Ukraine’s attitude: Ukraine no longer sees the fighters as a “group” and they have become “a force” in the fight against Russia, said Kyrylo Budanov, head of the HUR military intelligence service, on Saturday (March 16).
According to information from Newsweek the partisans want to “march to Moscow”. This was reported by a fighter from the Russian Freedom Legion volunteer squad. The aim is to free Russia from ruler Putin. However, it seems questionable whether the fighters also want to take over the Russian nuclear weapons storage facility. Military analyst Pavel Podvig told the portal that the depot was heavily guarded. And if it is actually empty, there would be no real success with taking it. (nhi)