A group of armed Russian nationalists crossed from Ukraine into Bryansk Oblast, fired weapons, recorded a video calling for Putin's overthrow, and returned to Ukraine; Russian media reported civilian casualties while Ukrainian sources suggest it was an FSB false flag operation.
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A group of armed Russian nationalists crossed from Ukraine into Bryansk Oblast, fired weapons, recorded a video calling for Putin's overthrow, and returned to Ukraine; Russian media reported civilian casualties while Ukrainian sources suggest it was an FSB false flag operation.
A group of Ukrainian combatants had crossed into the southern Bryansk region
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.210Z
Source story: day-374a-2023-03-04