Armed insurgents who crossed the border from Ukraine to launch attacks in Russia’s Belgorod region have been defeated, Moscow claims.
Villages near the border were evacuated after coming under shellfire in one of the most significant cross-border raids since the start of Russia’s invasion.
Russia says 70 attackers were killed and insists the fighters are Ukrainian.
But Kyiv has denied involvement and two Russian paramilitary groups have said they were behind the incursion.
Nothing else is helping us win this stupid war which we stupidly started with Russia in Ukraine. Why not throw in a half-baked, Bay of Pigs-style incursion into Russia that can only result in our further embarrassment and defeat?