It appears that Russia is upset that Ukraine has invaded them, and they are trying to claim that Ukraine's actions are "illegal"....
Russia on Thursday accused Ukraine of carrying out a helicopter strike on a border town in its territory, and warned that it may deploy nuclear weapons close to the Baltic states and Scandinavia if Finland and Sweden join NATO.
Klimovo, the town that came under attack, is in the southern Bryansk region, and is about 10 kilometers from the border and 500 kilometers from Moscow.
"Using two military helicopters carrying heavy weaponry, Ukrainian armed forces illegally entered Russian airspace," Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement.
"Flying low, acting deliberately, they carried out at least six airstrikes on residential buildings in the settlement of Klimovo," investigators said. As a result, they said, "at least six residential buildings were damaged... and seven people received injuries of varying severity including one small child who was born in 2020".
It appears to be the first time that Moscow has officially accused the Ukrainian armed forces of sending helicopters into Russia to carry out an attack.
Earlier, the governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said two Ukrainian military helicopters had carried out a strike on a fuel depot on April 1; the incident was not directly confirmed by Ukraine or Moscow.
Russia on Thursday accused Ukraine of carrying out a helicopter strike on a border town in its territory, and warned that it may deploy nuclear weapons close to the Baltic states and Scandinavia if Finland and Sweden join NATO.
Klimovo, the town that came under attack, is in the southern Bryansk region, and is about 10 kilometers from the border and 500 kilometers from Moscow.
"Using two military helicopters carrying heavy weaponry, Ukrainian armed forces illegally entered Russian airspace," Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement.
"Flying low, acting deliberately, they carried out at least six airstrikes on residential buildings in the settlement of Klimovo," investigators said. As a result, they said, "at least six residential buildings were damaged... and seven people received injuries of varying severity including one small child who was born in 2020".
It appears to be the first time that Moscow has officially accused the Ukrainian armed forces of sending helicopters into Russia to carry out an attack.
Earlier, the governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said two Ukrainian military helicopters had carried out a strike on a fuel depot on April 1; the incident was not directly confirmed by Ukraine or Moscow.
