"Established on the outskirts": the military of the Russian Federation write about the offensive of the Armed Forces on the village in the Belgorod region

In particular, Russian propagandist Vladislav Pozdnyakov stated this at 17:15 on March 20 in his Telegram. "The Armed Forces entered the Belgorod region and became entrenched near the outskirts of Demidovka," Pozdnyakov wrote. Before the morning of March 20, the Russian Telegram-Canal "The Severny Channel" wrote about Demidovka that Ukrainian fighters allegedly occupied "half of the village" and continue to go, trying to fix themselves.

There was no official reports from the Ukrainian command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation at the time of publication of the material. On March 20, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported the destruction of the command post of one of the units of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Army of the Russian Federation in Demidovka.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared an alleged attempt to "attach" the Armed Forces in the territory of Belgorod region at 5:50 on March 18 in the direction of settlements Demidovka and Pprinssya to "create a negative background" before the conversation of US President Donald Trump and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

On March 18, a fighter of defense forces in his Telegram-channel "Bakhmut Demon" said that the Russian sabotage and intelligence group tried to come from Belgorod region, but instead the military of the Armed Forces entered the Russian territory themselves. On March 18, the head of the Center for Honoring Clearing Care and Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Kovalenko, denied information about the offensive of the Armed Forces on the Belgorod region on March 18.