The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said that in one week, 16 people had been killed and 98 injured in the region, which has been the target of increased attacks since March 12. Military units claiming to be composed of anti-Putin Russians fighting for kyiv increased their land and air assaults during the Russian presidential election. Vladimir Putin promised before the end of the elections that these attacks would be answered. He said it again even more harshly this Tuesday.
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With our correspondent in Moscow, Anissa El Jabri
This is his first public instruction since the vote on the night of his election. The Kremlin press service had already announced that Vladimir Poutine had met with his military leaders the night of his election. At midday on Tuesday, he spoke in front of FSB officials, with orders to pursue these units which present themselves as Russian and anti-Putin.
“ All attempts to intrusion into our territory by gangs of saboteurs and terrorists consisting of regular enemy units, foreign mercenaries, as well as all kinds of garbage that, through various channels, ended up on the territory of the regime of Kiev – all these attempts have failed “, declared the Russian president.
Vladimir Putin continued: “ In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to one point. When I speak to you about these traitors, I ask you, as has always been the case in our history, not to forget who they are, to identify each of them by name. We will punish them all anyway one day, wherever they are. And I ask you to give enough attention to this matter, so that no one ever gives up. »
The Russian head of state wanted this public order and was particularly inscribed in the lineage of the Soviet Union, like this new mandate that he is inaugurating: that of a war leader in the fight against West.
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