RDK, Legion of Russia and Siberian Battalion Stage Raids In Border Regions

So, I woke up to multiple reports of these raids. Let’s say we have a lot of early voting in the Russian Federation. It is severe enough that Russia is already ordering people to shut up and not upload anything to social media.

The village of Tetkino, Kursk region of the Russian Federation, came under the control of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the press service of the Legion reports. In the video, as noted, Russian soldiers run away from their positions and leave behind heavy equipment. A similar video is published by the Russian Volunteer Corps; it is also stated that soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces are running.

So let’s look at this from how serious this possibly is, because this came as part of a multi-modal operation. This is via Rospartizan:

The largest operation of Russian volunteer units on the territory of the Russian Federation continues

At the same time, the three largest military formations — the Legion “Freedom of Russia”, the RDK and the Siberian battalion are now operating in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.

The border Lozovaya Rudka in the Belgorod region is completely under the control of Russian volunteers. A shooting battle is currently taking place in Tyotkino, Kursk region.

This is a good summary of the extent of operations in the border region. They could become a gray zone, and that is likely the objective. These units have grown in experience and size over the last year. They also are better armed, including armor.

Here are the details on that multi-modal operation:

This is a large-scale, combined operation against the Putin regime on the territory of the Russian Federation. The entry of Russian volunteer units into their native land, occupied by tyranny, was preceded by a many-hour night attack by UAVs in the Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Oryol, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow regions. Oil industry facilities became priority targets. An oil depot in the Oryol region and a Lukoil oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region were burned.

The Internet services of the Putin regime are under cyber attack. For example, by attacking a number of services of the government of the Belgorod region.

Now, these drone attacks went in as deep as 800 km. They also attacked the bloodline of the regime. This is oil infrastructure.

This is the view of MO on this. It adds color to these raids:

“We are the tip of the spear that will pierce Putin.” A representative of the “Russian partisans” who staged raids in two regions of the Russian Federation spoke about the political goals of the attack

It was no coincidence that the raids , in which three units took part — the Freedom Russia Legion, the RDK and the Siberian Battalion, took place before the elections, said Legion volunteer Alexey Baranovsky on the Air program. Here are his theses:

📍“Don’t call us saboteurs. We are not a sabotage group. We are the army for the liberation of Russia from Putin .”

📍“We act in accordance with the Geneva conventions, and we have the right to restore order in our country in the way we want.”

📍“We call on the opposition to follow our example, unite and support our struggle . We are the tip of the spear that must pierce Vladimir Putin.”

📍“The army retreated, the police generally ran away, their heels sparkling . They are only used to dealing with corruption and extorting defenseless pensioners from students. When people with weapons come in, the police are in no hurry to resist,”

📍“ There are no hundreds of victims, as the FSB says . But the loss of equipment of the Russian Armed Forces is obvious.”

📍“The legion’s aerial reconnaissance is constantly working in border areas. That’s why we were able to successfully complete the approach — we knew where the thin spots were .”

📍“It is not an accident that the operation took place during the week when the so-called elections are held. We, as citizens of Russia, decided to show our will. Early voting, if you like .”

📍The village of Tetkino (Kursk region) remains under the control of partisans, the fighters are not going to leave it, the coming night in the Kursk region will be “difficult.”

Whether they will be forced to leave is another story. Russia still has FSB and National Guard troops, which can be used to deal with this. The army is stretched, and the troops at the border are primarily conscripts who need to be better trained, even by Russian standards.

The fact that people are ordered to avoid posting anything on social media tells me this is worse than they are telling us.

This came across yesterday as well, which is interesting and likely related:

❗️”Russia’s offensive has been stopped, and its army is suffering heavy losses”, — Zelensky in an interview with BFMTV

📍Now the situation at the front is much better than the last three months; 📍Russia is “20 km ahead of us” in terms of superiority in long-range weapons. https://t.me/MAKS23_NAFO/12766

If the Russian offensive has culminated, this will open many unpleasant options to the Federation's high command. Once again, we find ourselves where we were in the spring of last year. There is also a more significant force. They are better armed. They are more experienced. They also have their words and encouragement spread by Rospartizan:

The authorities of the Kursk region banned the dissemination of photos and videos of the movement of the Armed Forces, military infrastructure, and critical facilities.

The ban also applies to information about places of shelling, the use of weapons, and air defense. All citizens in the region are required to comply with the decision.

RIA Novosti reported this.

Oh.

But what about the statements of the authorities that everything is in perfect order in the border area, the enemy has been squeezed out and defeated in every possible way, the air defense is working, and thousands of mercenaries of the Kyiv junta have been destroyed??

Dear residents of Kursk, Belgorod and other border regions! In fact, it is better not to “disseminate” information about the movements and locations of Putin’s security forces, but to immediately transmit it to the right address . This will be much more reliable. We will work to liberate our native land together.

So what are we to make of this? Yet again, it’s more spiders of prominent cracks in that ice flow. The Russian army works still because they fear their officers and sergeants far more than the Ukrainians. However, with the use of drones, that will be a close race now. Yes, Ukraine is hunting for individual Russians using drones now on the front lines. It’s becoming harder for soldiers to continue to fight, knowing they will be killed. It took an eye-watering level of casualties to take Avdiivka. Now they face Russians fighting Russians in Russia. Piece of color that matters, the Siberian battalion is formed by people who want independence from Russia. You could read this as also a future with a splintering of the Federation. And one has to wonder if there were warnings from different countries about this. O4 is there another shoe yet to drop? Let me close with this question from Levin:

How does Moscow take revenge for Ukraine’s massive attack on their refinery, the destroyed Il-76, entry into its territory, etc.? Maybe some kind of daring military operation? Maybe by eliminating Ukrainian tops? Maybe targeted destruction of Ukrainian operators of these same drones that are knocking out Russia’s energy capabilities? No, damn it, they stupidly hit a residential high-rise building in Krivoy Rog again. For civilians. It is already reported that there are two dead. What a bastard and shameful tribe.