At least 11 people were killed and 15 others were injured on Russian military ground in a shootout in the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said, condemning “attack“. The shooting comes amid a full-scale military mobilization in Russia, which was decided on September 21 after the Russian army’s setbacks on the Ukrainian front, and while Ukrainian bombings have multiplied in the Belgorod region in recent days.
“On October 15, two citizens of one of the CIS countries carried out an attack at a training camp in the Western Military District of Belgorod region.announced the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, referring to the CIS, which is an alliance of several former Soviet republics. “During shooting exercises with volunteers participating in a special military operation (in Ukraine), terrorists opened fire on members of the unit from automatic weapons.– continues the ministry.
“As a result of the shooting, 11 people were fatally wounded. Another 15 received injuries of varying degrees of severity and were taken to health facilities where they are receiving the necessary assistance.“. According to the Ministry,the two terrorists were killed in return fire“. He did not reveal any other details about the identities of the victims and the perpetrators of the shootings.
A region in tension
On September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military mobilization.partialRussia sending soldiers to fight in Ukraine when the Russian army was in trouble against a major Ukrainian counter-offensive. At the beginning of October, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that more than 200,000 people were mobilized in Russia after this announcement. Tens of thousands more have left the country to avoid conscription.
Tension has been high in the Belgorod region in recent days. Authorities reported almost daily shootings from Ukraine. On Saturday, the local governor announced a strike at an oil warehouse near Belgorod, the capital of the region of the same name. The old one is a power plant that had an accident causing a blackout.
This shooting on military soil also comes as Russian authorities this week warned of the risks.”terrorist attacksUkrainians. Russia’s security services (FSB) said on Wednesday they had arrested eight people suspected of involvement in the Oct. 8 bombing of a bridge in Crimea, while saying they had foiled two planned attacks attributed to Kiev.
Hazing: A recurring problem for the Russian military
In recent years, armed incidents have already occurred in barracks across the country amid the haze, a problem that has long plagued the Russian military. These abuses, sometimes very severe, regularly lead to suicides or murders. In November 2020, a 20-year-old conscript soldier serving at an air base near Voronezh (west) killed an officer with an ax and took his service weapon to kill two more soldiers.
In October 2019, a 19-year-old man opened fire on him while he was on guard duty at his military base in Siberia, killing eight of his friends, including two officers. A few weeks later he described in a letter his “helland explained that he was regularly abused.
Source: Le Figaro
