Aleksandr Bogomaz, the governor of Russia’s Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, alleged on Thursday that two buildings in the town of Klimovo were damaged in an attack carried out by Ukrainian forces, Radio Free Europe reported. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency cited medical workers, who said that seven people including a pregnant woman, were harmed in the assault.
On Friday, the Security Service of Ukraine released audio of a call it said was between a Russian soldier and his wife discussing the Klimovo attack. The roughly two and a half minute audio clip was published to the intelligence service’s official Facebook page. Newsweek has not independently verified the audio.
“These are our heroes,” the Russian soldier can be heard telling his wife, according to a translation. When his wife asked “why” Moscow would do such a thing, he responds, by saying it is “necessary” and “is done in order to provoke” Ukrainians.
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