Text taken from the Telegram Account of the Russian Ministry of Defense
Commentary by Russian military journalist is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The Russian Ministry of Defense about the filming of a tik-tok video on the border of the Belgorod region.
This morning, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with units of the border service of the FSB of Russia, thwarted an attempt by the Kyiv regime to make a breakthrough into the border territory of the Russian Federation in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
▫️ Around 3 o'clock in the morning, after intense shelling of civilian objects, Ukrainian terrorist formations, with the support of tanks and armored combat vehicles, attempted to invade Russian territory in three directions: from the settlement of Odnorobovka, Kharkov region, as well as in the areas of the settlements of Nekhoteevka and Sdaryushino, Belgorod region.
▫️ By the selfless actions of Russian military personnel, all attacks of Ukrainian terrorist formations were repelled.
The enemy was hit by operational-tactical, army aviation, missile forces, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems.
▫️ In the area of the settlement of Odnorobovka, Khar'kov region, up to 60 Ukrainian terrorists and four pickup trucks were destroyed.
▫️ In the border area on the Ukrainian side, in the area of the settlement of Nekhoteevka, Belgorod Region, up to 45 militants, two tanks and two armored personnel carriers were destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces aviation, artillery and Lancet unmanned aerial vehicles.
▫️ On the border territory on the Ukrainian side, in the area of the settlement of Spodaryushino, Belgorod Region, competent actions of units covering the state border, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation using the Whirlwind ATGM, destroyed more than 100 militants, five tanks, three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles produced USA and two cars moving towards the State Border of the Russian Federation. Another engineering clearing vehicle hit a mine.
▫️ In addition, from 8.00 to 8.25 Moscow time, four attacks by Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups that tried to break into the border territory near the village of Tetkino, Kursk region, were repulsed.
▫️ As a result of the active actions of the state border covering units of the “Western Group of Forces” and the border service of the FSB of Russia, the terrorist formations of the Kyiv regime were thrown back.
▫️ The enemy lost 234 militants killed, seven tanks, three US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and two armored personnel carriers.
▫️ There were no violations of the state border.
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Raid on the Belgorod region
This morning the enemy made a second attempt to break through the border into Russian territory in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. Last weekend he already made such an attempt, but preparations for entering our territory were promptly discovered by our reconnaissance, as a result of which concentrated high-precision strikes were carried out on enemy concentration areas, as a result of which the enemy lost up to 70 people, five tanks, four self-propelled guns and MLRS, up to ten armored vehicles and pickups, after which he was forced to adjust his plans.
The goal of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MOU) remained the same - to try to break into the territory of the Russian Federation in a large group, capture some village (preferably with a polling station), shoot staged videos there (and at the same time plant prepared information fakes), to promote various Russian collaborators in Budanov’s feed and provide materials for the media campaign of Ukrainian and Western propaganda media. No serious military tasks were set - initially it was just about a “PR raid”, which is completely in the spirit of the actions of the leadership of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU, headed by Budanov.
Which explains Rozhin's earlier reference to a Tik Tok video being filmed.
Our intelligence monitored the enemy's preparations and again provided the necessary data to disrupt the attack. Even on the approaches to the border, they began to strike the enemy, as a result of which the enemy’s plans were again disrupted and he suffered significant losses in people and equipment (according to preliminary data, up to several dozen people and 10-12 pieces of equipment, including several tanks).
Units of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the FSB Border Service gave a powerful rebuff to the enemy, as a result of which the enemy was never able to penetrate deep into our territory, and skirmishes and shelling on the border gave him nothing. Regional governors and the leadership of the FSB Border Service noted that there were no violations of the state border.
The PR image of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs collapsed again, and the staged videos were ridiculed even in the Ukrainian segment of social networks. It is worth noting that conscript soldiers of our airborne troops who were in the Belgorod region also took part in the battle on the border, who, along with professional military personnel, thwarted the enemy’s actions without suffering losses.
In general, the operation, which the enemy had been preparing for several weeks and in the organization of which he had invested significant resources, was a complete failure.
Enemy casualties continue to be counted.
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FSB reports the liquidation of more than 100 militants trying to break into the Russian Federation
When trying to penetrate the Belgorod and Kursk regions, more than 100 militants of the Ukrainian armed forces, six tanks, a CAESAR self-propelled artillery mount (SPG) and 20 enemy armored vehicles were destroyed. This was reported by the Public Relations Center (PSC) of the FSB of Russia.
“Since March 10, the FSB of Russia, together with attached units of the Russian Armed Forces, have stopped several attempts to violate the state border within the specified constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Over 100 enemy personnel, six tanks, Caesar self-propelled guns, 20 armored fighting vehicles, and a strong point were destroyed,” the department explained.
At the same time, the FSB emphasized that strikes against armed formations on the border with Ukraine continue.
In addition, the department noted that the published videos about the alleged entry of Ukrainian armed forces into some settlements in the Belgorod and Kursk regions do not correspond to reality.
As Regnum reported, on March 12, the head of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoyt, reported that on March 12, a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) tried to break into the village of Tyotkino, Kursk region.
According to him, the FSB border service and the Russian Armed Forces successfully repelled an attempt to violate the Russian border.
In addition, on the morning of March 12, Russian forces repulsed an attempt by the Ukrainian DRG to break through into the Belgorod region. According to the interlocutor of IA Regnum, the attack was repulsed near the Lozovaya Rudka farm.
The fact that the Kiev regime is increasing its grouping of forces near the borders of the Belgorod region was reported on March 12 by retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko, citing sources. He said that a concentration of Ukrainian military personnel was noticed in the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region, which is located ten kilometers from the Belgorod region.
The expert added that the number of weapons, military equipment and militants there is increasing. To minimize losses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine station personnel at civilian facilities, and hide equipment in the courtyards of residential buildings and on personal plots.
In turn, military correspondent Alexander Kots reported that the preparation of an attack by the Ukrainian DRG on the Belgorod region was discovered by the Russian military a few days ago.
Kots added that the enemy DRG, which consisted of infantry supported by tanks, tried to penetrate the territory of the Belgorod region in the morning of March 12. The enemy also simultaneously attacked with drones, but they were intercepted by air defense forces.
The military correspondent called for attention to how, with the start of the attack of the Ukrainian DRG, videos about its progress began to be uploaded onto the Internet, and these shots were most likely filmed in advance.