🏴 Capture

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.

Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

The fighters recorded a video in an unknown room with an unknown naked person lying on the floor

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Polish Volunteer Corps provides convoy for prisoners, military and medical logistics for Russian Volunteer Corps operations, but only within Ukrainian state border

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Gladkov confirmed an incursion in Novaya Tavolzhanka with ongoing fighting.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

The advanced assault group of the Legion and the RDK enters the suburb of Shebekino.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Freedom of Russia Legion reported that an Akhmat unit had been redeployed to the Belgorod region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:08.301Z

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