Russian President Vladimir Putin has referred to the events that transpired earlier today in the Bryansk region as a “terrorist attack”. Earlier, the Bryansk region governor Alexander Bogomaz reported that the territory of the Klimovsky district of the region had been breached by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group.
According to him, the “terrorists” entered the border territory and opened fire on civilians.
“They saw that it was a civilian car. They saw that civilians and children were inside. They opened fire on them. These are exactly the people who see their goal in depriving us of our historical memory, our history, our traditions and language,” Putin said during a video conference.
Putin was supposed to go on a work trip to the city of Pyatigorsk today for the opening ceremony of the Year of Teachers event, but due to the situation in the Bryansk region the trip was cancelled.