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At around 3am Moscow time, two Ukrainian motorized infantry companies, reinforced by tanks, tried to cross into Russia near the settlement of Novaya Tavolzhanka and the Shebekino border checkpoint, according to the statement. The attempted incursion followed intensive shelling of the area from the Ukrainian side of the border, it added.
The Russian Air Force carried out 11 airstrikes, while the artillery performed 77 fire missions against the approaching Ukrainian units. Heavy flamethrower systems were also used on two occasions, according to the statement.
xoil: Yes, I understand it's RT, but Ukraine is making more cross border incursions. At some point Russian people will demand escalation. Is this what the government is waiting for to take the gloves off?
Keeping energy investments but backstopped by lots of cash in case things get much worse
