"Shameful breakthrough": Russians none too happy with Moscow about Belgorod attack

Russian social media and official propaganda erupted following Monday’s cross-border attacks by Russian fighters opposed to the Kremlin. Reactions ranged from confusion over the identity of the attackers to anger at the Kremlin for failing to prevent the attacks.

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From the Russian military’s Telegram channel “Rybar” – which boasts more than a million subscribers: “Two tanks, one armored personnel carrier and nine armored vehicles were able to pass through the Ukrainian-Russian border without hindrance?”

At the other end of the political spectrum, the Telegram channel belonging to Russian oligarch and opposition politician Mikhail Khodorkovsky quoted residents of Belgorod asking, “Why isn’t anyone evacuating us?” and questioning the security of the Ukrainian border. “Why did they break through so quickly, if the area had fortifications and mines?”

[Prigozhin apparently went so far as to hint that Putin was the problem by claiming that the attack was the result of “the absence of the master.” Hmmmm. — Ed]

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