An attack on Russia’s western Belgorod region, initially launched on May 22 from neighboring Ukraine, has been decisively routed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
“As a result of air strikes, artillery fire, and action by units of the Western Military District … the nationalist formations have been blocked and destroyed,” the ministry said in its daily briefing for May 23.
“Remaining nationalists were pushed back into Ukraine, where they continued to be hit until they have been completely eliminated,” it added, claiming that 70 “Ukrainian nationalists” had been killed during the course of the operation.
The Epoch Times was unable to verify the ministry’s claims….