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Smoke and damage reported at the border crossing; Russia claimed firing came from Ukraine while Ukraine claimed the incident was faked.

Klimovo, Bryansk
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Russian Federation (organization) Ukraine (organization) Russian military (military_unit) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Klimovo (location) Luhansk Oblast (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Bryansk Oblast (location)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Smoke and damage reported at the border crossing; Russia claimed firing came from Ukraine while Ukraine claimed the incident was faked.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian military shelled the village of Klimovo in Russia's Bryansk Oblast

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The shelling was staged as a provocation to accuse Ukraine

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia accused Ukraine of shelling Bryansk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The shelling occurred recently before April 15

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian forces conducted the shelling of Bryansk Oblast

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.218Z

Source story: day-50-2022-04-15