Contents tagged with Freedom of Russia Legion
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Freedom of Russia Legion urges Russian soldiers to surrender as Ukraine expands control in Kursk region
Following the Ukrainian military's breakthrough into Russia's Kursk region, the "Freedom of Russia Legion" fighting on the side of Ukraine has called on Russian soldiers to surrender and join the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the post on their Telegram channel the fighters of the Legion said that Russian officers, while "sitting comfortably in the rear," strongly urge Russian soldiers not to surrender but to "blow themselves up with their own grenades."
"But Russian soldiers are ignoring these …
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Russian military stretched thin: Freedom Legion's Caesar weighs in on Ukraine's strategic advantage
According to Maximilian Andronnikov, the deputy commander of the Freedom of Russia Legion, known by the call sign Caesar, this surge is because President Putin is trying to secure a favorable negotiating position. Andronnikov shared his insights during an interview with Yuriy Bibik on the YouTube channel "Fabrika Novyn".
The issue does not concern manpower, which Russia still has in abundance, but weaponry and armored vehicles. “A tank is not a drone that can be cast on a plastic printer, …
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Russian armed opposition: attacks in Belgorod and Kursk disrupted Russia’s offensive in Ukraine
Russian volunteer fighters allied with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) refer to attacks in Belgorod and Kursk regions as a "limited military operation" that thwarted a significant Russian offensive on Ukrainian territories.
"Putin's army aimed to carry out considerable strikes by Putin's inauguration day. Thus, our operation disrupted their plans. They were forced to redeploy substantial forces from the Kupyansk direction to maintain control of their Kursk and Belgorod regions," stated …
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Russian armed opposition urges Belgorod governor to evacuate residents amidst escalating strikes
The Russian armed opposition fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps, and Siberian Battalion have appealed to the governor of Russia's Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, urging him to begin evacuation of the residents due to intensifying military strikes.
"The liberation movement calls on the leadership of the Belgorod region, and Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov in particular, to stop using the civilian population as a shield and to immediately evacuate the people …
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Putin orders FSB to ‘identify and punish traitors joining Ukrainian Forces’
President Vladimir Putin has called on Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) to "identify by name" those who have betrayed the country by joining Ukrainian military units. "We will punish them indefinitely, wherever they may be found," the Russian president declared during a meeting of the security service’s board on Tuesday, 19 March.
In his speech, Putin spoke about the situation in regions bordering Ukraine. Several days earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense, pro-military bloggers, and …
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Russian forces sustain severe losses in battles with armed opposition fighters, commander reveals
The Russian Federation's armed forces are enduring significant losses in the conflict with Russian armed opposition units, as reported by Caesar, the deputy commander for civil-military cooperation of the "Freedom of Russia" Legion, during a Ukrainian news broadcast.
"The enemy is incurring massive losses: approximately 1,500 personnel, and dozens of pieces of equipment and weaponry," stated Caesar.
He emphasized that the Russian military has been compelled to redeploy a variety of units, …
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Russian armed opposition forces capture village of Gorkovsky in Belgorod region
Russian armed opposition forces, along with volunteers from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, have entered the settlement of Gorkovsky in the Russian Federation and captured the building of the local administration, the Siberian Battalion announced on their Telegram channel.
The photo published shows fighters standing with the administration's signpost against the backdrop of the Russian flag.
Russian war bloggers rushed to refute this information, insisting that Russia had vehemently …
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Intense fighting in Belgorod region sparks alarm among Russian war bloggers
Growing anxiety is rippling through Russian war channels over the breakthrough into the Belgorod region by the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion, and the Siberian Battalion.
There is a surge of complaints indicating that the region was experiencing very intense fighting.
The Russian Telegram channel Svarschiki (the welders) reported that the border skirmishes in the Belgorod region were fiercely intense. The narratives from the Russian Ministry of Defense and pro- …
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Russian armed opposition forces urge Belgorod residents to seek shelter ahead of strikes on city's military targets
The Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps, and Siberian Battalion have issued an urgent statement to the residents of Russia's Belgorod, calling on civilians to immediately seek shelter in bomb shelters.
The statement was released on the official Telegram channel of the Legion at 12:30 Kyiv time.
Russian armed opposition forces warned that within the next hour, there will be significant unrest in Belgorod, with a planned concentrated strike on military targets associated with …