Lots of conflicting reports, not much good footage. This has been developing over the last 24 hours or so.
Belgorod region is right on the border to Ukraine, and contains central town by the same name.
Supposedly they crossed in from Ukraine, quickly overran the meager defenses and border stations, took control of armored vehicles, and proceeded to "liberate" portions of the region. Explosions were reported in the town of Belgorod as well. Ukraine claims no knowledge or involvement. Russia calls them Ukrainian saboteurs and terrorists. They appear to all be Russian citizens, not Ukrainians. No reliable info on their numbers.
Rumors have been floating around of declaring an independent Belgorod People's Republic and holding referendums shortly. Seems unlikely, given the small scale of the operation at the moment.
Russia has been holding emergency meetings. Shelling has been reported in the region. A lone helicopter was seen flying over the city, but all it did was drop decoy flares and leave.
A couple of short clips with no further context:
https://pomf2.lain.la/f/jykv40rn.mp4https://pomf2.lain.la/f/vwemk1jr.mp4Russian source for all the RU bots here:
https://www.rt.com/russia/576701-ukraine-raid-belgorod-peskov/
dosvydanya_freedomz 0 points 2.0 years ago
the real victims are the people of the donbas that went through hell for 8 years. not only that the ukrainian govt prohibited them to speak their mother language and their russian orthodox christian tradition.
your cock comedian is not a democrat is a wanna be dictator. there's no freedoms of the press and of the speech in your precious ukraine which btw is one of the most corrupt countries in the world alongside with russia.
i dont care for the russian govt i only care for its people. 70 years of communism and then oligarchy keeps them living in very bad economic conditions okay.
btw, this so called war is more than ukraine vs russia is more about the resources of the region (UKR was a top exporter of wheat and in some areas has special minerals) but even aside from that this whole is a diversion from the CONvid fiasco and other issues that are plaguing humanity right now.
its a clever ruse that they use while they are changing the economic and socio political landscape of the whole planet. if you cant see that. welp there's nothing that i can do for you.
changes are coming and most of it will be pretty unpleasant for many.