Contents tagged with Freedom of Russia Legion

  • Russian armed opposition: attacks in Belgorod and Kursk disrupted Russia’s offensive in Ukraine

    Russian volunteer fighters allied with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) refer to attacks in Belgorod and Kursk regions as a "limited military operation" that thwarted a significant Russian offensive on Ukrainian territories.

    "Putin's army aimed to carry out considerable strikes by Putin's inauguration day. Thus, our operation disrupted their plans. They were forced to redeploy substantial forces from the Kupyansk direction to maintain control of their Kursk and Belgorod regions," stated …

  • Russian armed opposition urges Belgorod governor to evacuate residents amidst escalating strikes

    The Russian armed opposition fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps, and Siberian Battalion have appealed to the governor of Russia's Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, urging him to begin evacuation of the residents due to intensifying military strikes.

    "The liberation movement calls on the leadership of the Belgorod region, and Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in particular, to stop using the civilian population as a shield and to immediately evacuate the people …

  • Putin orders FSB to ‘identify and punish traitors joining Ukrainian Forces’

    President Vladimir Putin has called on Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) to "identify by name" those who have betrayed the country by joining Ukrainian military units. "We will punish them indefinitely, wherever they may be found," the Russian president declared during a meeting of the security service’s board on Tuesday, 19 March.

    In his speech, Putin spoke about the situation in regions bordering Ukraine. Several days earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense, pro-military bloggers, and …

  • Russian forces sustain severe losses in battles with armed opposition fighters, commander reveals

    The Russian Federation's armed forces are enduring significant losses in the conflict with Russian armed opposition units, as reported by Caesar, the deputy commander for civil-military cooperation of the "Freedom of Russia" Legion, during a Ukrainian news broadcast.

    "The enemy is incurring massive losses: approximately 1,500 personnel, and dozens of pieces of equipment and weaponry," stated Caesar.

    He emphasized that the Russian military has been compelled to redeploy a variety of units, …

  • Russian armed opposition forces capture village of Gorkovsky in Belgorod region

    Russian armed opposition forces, along with volunteers from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, have entered the settlement of Gorkovsky in the Russian Federation and captured the building of the local administration, the Siberian Battalion announced on their Telegram channel.

    The photo published shows fighters standing with the administration's signpost against the backdrop of the Russian flag.

    Russian war bloggers rushed to refute this information, insisting that Russia had vehemently …

  • Intense fighting in Belgorod region sparks alarm among Russian war bloggers

    Growing anxiety is rippling through Russian war channels over the breakthrough into the Belgorod region by the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion, and the Siberian Battalion.

    There is a surge of complaints indicating that the region was experiencing very intense fighting.

    The Russian Telegram channel Svarschiki (the welders) reported that the border skirmishes in the Belgorod region were fiercely intense. The narratives from the Russian Ministry of Defense and pro- …

  • Russian armed opposition forces urge Belgorod residents to seek shelter ahead of strikes on city's military targets

    The Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps, and Siberian Battalion have issued an urgent statement to the residents of Russia's Belgorod, calling on civilians to immediately seek shelter in bomb shelters.

    The statement was released on the official Telegram channel of the Legion at 12:30 Kyiv time.

    Russian armed opposition forces warned that within the next hour, there will be significant unrest in Belgorod, with a planned concentrated strike on military targets associated with …