(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, MAY 23 - Russia said Tuesday it had
launched a "terror" probe after Moscow's troops had been
fighting a "sabotage" group that crossed from Ukraine. "A
criminal case has been opened over an attack on settlements in
the Belgorod region," the Investigative Committee, which probes
major cases, said in a statement. Investigators said they opened
a probe into a number of crimes including a "terror attack",
attempted murder, destruction of or damage to property, and
illegal circulation of weapons and explosives. The statement
said that representatives of armed Ukrainian groups attacked the
district of Graivoron in the southern region of Belgorod.
"Residential and administrative buildings and civilian
infrastructure facilities came under mortar and artillery fire,"
the Investigative Committee said. "Several civilians were
injured as a result of these criminal acts." Members of the
anti-Kremlin Freedom of Russia Legion have claimed
responsibility for the incursion into the region of Belgorod.
Kyiv has denied involvement. (ANSA-AFP).
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