On Thursday morning, a group of armed operatives crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia’s Bryansk Region. The so-called Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK; or Russkiy dobrovol’cheskiy korpus), consisting of Russians fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, claimed responsibility for the incursion. President Vladimir Putin branded the incident “yet another terrorist attack, another crime… they entered the border territory and opened fire at civilians.”
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In addition to the declaration of the political future of Russia, Ponomarev assumed the functions of an ambassador and political leader of three sabotage groups: the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the National Republican Army.
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On 31 August, Ukrainian media reported that the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom Legion, and the National Republican Army had signed a declaration of cooperation in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv. These organizations claim that they are engaged in armed resistance against the regime of Vladimir Putin. This was reported by former Russian State Duma member and businessman Ilya Ponomarev, who intends to lead Russia’s armed opposition in Ukraine.
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