Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion announced they captured Russian regular army soldiers in Belgorod Oblast and requested a meeting with Governor Gladkov to discuss the situation.
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Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion captured Russian soldiers in Belgorod Oblast and offered to return them in exchange for a meeting with Governor Gladkov at a church in Novaya Tavolzhanka
The fighters recorded a video in an unknown room with an unknown naked person lying on the floor
Polish Volunteer Corps provides convoy for prisoners, military and medical logistics for Russian Volunteer Corps operations, but only within Ukrainian state border
Gladkov confirmed an incursion in Novaya Tavolzhanka with ongoing fighting.
The advanced assault group of the Legion and the RDK enters the suburb of Shebekino.
The Freedom of Russia Legion reported that an Akhmat unit had been redeployed to the Belgorod region.
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