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Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), believes that the raids of the Russian Volunteer Corps in Russia's Kursk and Belgorod oblasts managed to distract the regular Russian army from the combat zone in Ukraine for the defence of their own territory.
Military volunteers from the Freedom of Russia Legion claim to have taken full control of the Russian town of Tetkino in Kursk Oblast. Source: Freedom of Russia Legion; Russian Volunteer Corps. Quote from the Freedom of Russia Legion: "The town of Tetkino in Kursk Oblast is completely under the control of Russian liberating forces.
'We are coming to liberate you from the dictatorship of a terrorist orgnization that seized power,' said the Freedom of Russia Legion statement - Click the link for more.
Territorial defence volunteers have been issued weapons and equipment in regions bordering Ukraine, Russia says.
Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine's border in recent weeks, according to US estimates, raising fears from Western and Ukrainian intelligence officials that an invasion could be imminent.