Thread by @Fell4Campeador

31/ More footage of Russian helicopters deploying decoys while flying low over residential areas in #Belgorod. Zero fs for civilian population.

32/ Russian armed forces are being deployed towards the conflict area in #Belgorod. Helicopters and armoured vehicles. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

33/ BTR 80 "seized" in #Belgorod by the Freedom of Russia Legion.

34/ #Belgorod city. 🇷🇺channels are saying that explosives were dropped from a drone on the FSB building. Smoke is visible on the roof of one of the buildings.Officials have not yet commented.

The road to the building is closed. Firefighters & emergency services are at the scene. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

35/ Footage of the Armed Personnel Carrier captured by the FRL in the territory of #Belgorod. Bizarre. Where is the Russian army? twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

36/ One of the border guards of the #Grayvoron checkpoint was taken prisoner. There is no available information as to whether he was released or transferred with the FRL. He can’t be older then 20 years old.

37/ Russian channels claim to have “killer 39 saboteurs” and taken several others prisoner. They also claim to have eliminated all threats and to have everything under control.

38/ Good read about #Belgorod’s history.

39/ Prigozhin using the FRL’s incursion into #Belgorod to take shots at the Russian MoD.

40/ #Belgorod.

41/ The government of #Belgorod oblast is making preparations for the introduction of martial law in the region.

The resolution focuses primarily on the mobilisation of Russian citizens in this region.

42.1/ Latest communique from the Freedom of Russia Legion:

“The Legion and the RVC continue to liberate the #Belgorod region!

The army of the Russian Federation could not oppose anything to a group of patriotic volunteers who took up arms and were not afraid to openly…”

42.2/ “…go against the Moscow regime for the free future of Russia. Once again, the myth that the citizens of the Russian Federation are safe and the Russian Federation is strong has been destroyed, in fact, for years the authorities simply plundered the budget…”

42.3/ “…&lied that everything was fine.

🇷🇺has no reserves to respond to military crises-all servicemen are dead, wounded or in 🇺🇦.🇷🇺is absolutely not protected.There is panic in the Belgorod region,partly there’s an organized evacuation,but mostly there’s a spontaneous flight.”

43.1/ Statement from the Russian Volunteer Corps. operating in #Belgorod region.

“Die is cast!

Putin’s army, torn by meat assaults, has calmed down. Corruptionists and oligarchs, torn apart by contradictions, gnaw at each other's throats. The convicts and the mobilized…”

43.2/ “…do not understand what they are fighting for and what they are dying for. Ethnic gangs took control of the southern regions, imposing Sharia norms. The country is mired in the abyss of fires, explosions and mysterious deaths. There is a corrupt clique in the Kremlin…”

43.3/ “… that considers houses and palaces to be the measure of a person. The central government is cracking at the seams and tightening the screws in a panic,and the serpentine knot of inter-clan struggle is tightening ever tighter.

Soon there will not be a person in Russia…”

43.4/ “…whose acquaintance did not lose his life in this criminal war. To finish it, you need to beat the enemy in the territory he occupied. The war will continue until Putin's hanged body graces the walls of the Kremlin and his gang is judged by a fair trial of Russian anger.”

43.5/ “The country is ripe for change. The country is ripe for liberation. And most of all they are waiting for the liberation of the territories bordering the war zone: Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod. Their unspoken call is followed by the Russian Volunteer Corps…”

43.6/ “…which took the liberty of taking the first step towards our Motherland. The civilian population need not worry: the RVC does not fight civilians. Any help to their fellow citizens who were brave enough to fight against Putin's dictatorship brings the end of the war…”

43.7/ “…the end of death and the end of shame closer.

Where and when it is necessary to speak out is decided exclusively by military necessity.But whenever it arose,the Russians came to their land by right. One day,we'll come to stay. At the same time, the guerrilla movement…”

43.8/ “…is not constrained by traditional military operations.

The front lines will pass through the areas of dormant cities in the rear. The “seaside partisans”, which at one time caused panic among the security forces, now seem to be only a pale prelude to a real uprising.”

43.9/ “The Russians took up arms. The Russians have had their say. And no one will dare to say that we are strangers here. We are finally back home!”

44/ 24 hour changes to the control map in #Belgorod. The fog of war remains dense. Information scattered and unverifiable at the moment.

45/ A warehouse is reportedly on fire 🔥 in the #Bryansk region. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

46/ Captured BTR by the Freedom of Russia Legion near the Ukrainian border.

47/ Additional forces of the Freedom of Russia Legion are making preparations to defend the #Gayvoron checkpoint.

48/ There are reports that 🇷🇺 may be transferring the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army (PPD Valuyka, Belgorod Region) from the area of hostilities (Makiyivka, Ploshanka, Luhansk Region) to #Belgorod Region.

Current Belgorod conflict expands over 30km2.

49/ Additional footage from the Russian Volunteer Corps. in #Belgorod. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

50/ Latest communique by the Freedom of Russia Legion.
• Russians forces are fleeing and don’t actively engage in combat
• Elimination of a motorised rifle company, incl. multiple armoured vehicles.
• A video covering their actions for the last 36 hours will be published soon.

51/ The Russian Volunteer Corps. Calls the🇷🇺fakes.
It claims that Russia’s footage shelling an armed column is not them and says to have suffered no losses.

Similarly,they refute the footage circulated of the killing of “saboteurs” by Russia, stating differences in the uniforms.

52/ #Belgorod. Good assessment by Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling. Thread 🧵

53.1/ (In)famous 🇷🇺 General Alexandr Lapin was appointed to lead the “counter terrorism operation” in #Belgorod. For those who don’t know, Gen.Lapin lead the catastrophic Russian escape of Kharkiv.Under his command Russia suffered severe losses and defeats in Balakliya, Lyman…”

53.2/ “…and Izyum, abandoning a total of 10 cities in Kharkiv oblast. In the course of this operation, Ukraine captured hundreds of abandoned pieces of equipment, including 🇷🇺 insignia T-90 tanks.

Lapin also lead the bloody 🇷🇺 crossing of the Siversky Donets river…”

53.3/ …where the invading Russian forces lost over 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, and where they lost approximately 485 soldiers.

53.4/ Well, now Russian channels celebrate “legendary” colonel Lapin for, as the claim,“personally supervising the operation to liquidate the Ukrainian Diversion and Recon Group in #Belgorod.” They proceeded to film him running around and directing, and posing in front of an AFV. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

53.5/ If I may add some colour to this. Russia and its propaganda machine have claimed victory more times than I can count for the last 24 hours, yet locals report increased presence of insurgents along the border. Based on the small battalion-size operation, this operation…

53.6/ …is most likely a raid, and by the looks of it, their frequency may increase, to increase pressure on Russian command, civilian discontent, and force Russia to commit more of its forces to protect its borders. It is very likely that the raiders, who have faced minimal…

53.7/ …resistance, will be out of Russian territory within the next 24 hours, having accomplished their objectives as speculated above.

For the last few hours, reports are coming through about additional operations in neighbouring regions within Russia.

53.8/ by the way…what kind of nonsense is this?

54/ Russian channels report that an explosive device was dropped from a UAV over #Belgorod, near the railway station. This is the second drone attack since yesterday. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

55.1/ Russian channels have been quick to spread these images claiming to have shelled the positions of the Freedom of Russia Legion, resulting on the destruction of their equipment, as well as having eliminated about 70 “saboteurs” and the rest with artillery across the border.

55.2/ The FRL denies this saying that they have no clue where Russia got these vehicles but they were not part of their column. Perhaps except the MaxxPro, if I had to guess.

In my humble opinion, this looks rather poorly staged.

53/🇷🇺spread this video showing “deceased saboteurs”.There are many claims outside of pro-Russian channels stating that there are fakes,they point at the uniforms,indicating that the legion uses a different camouflage pattern

The legion itself claims to not have lost a single man twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

54/ Additional images of what Russia claims to be vehicles from the Freedom of Russia Legion. The legion denies it.

55/ Unsurprisingly, Medvedev came out demanding that all “saboteurs” be killed.

56/ Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:

"I have even more questions than you have to the Ministry of Defence, the whole country has questions for the MoD”

57/ A few hours ago locals reported a new front by the Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corp. Details unverified.

Shooting in the #Kursk region. On the video - Sudzhansky district on the border with Ukraine. The fire of small arms can be heard in the distance.

58/ On the matter of the vehicle images released by 🇷🇺 channels, this thread explains why it is a virtual certainty to have been staged.

59/ It’s a wrap in #Belgorod. To be continued.

60/ The Russian Volunteer Corp. denies the Russian MoD claims that their material was struck and destroyed. They shared this video as evidence.

61/ How #Belgorod felt for a couple of days.
PS. Some citizens are still not allowed to return to their homes.

62/ Upon completion of the raid into #Belgorod oblast, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corp., code “White Rex”, held a media session. The full version will be released later.

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64/ New footage surfaced of the Russian Volunteer Corps. in #Glotovo during their raid in #Belgorod. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

65/ Footage from the Russian Volunteer Corps driving into the #Gayvoron checkpoint.