On March 12, Russian volunteer battalions fighting for kyiv attacked several Russian villages and units in the front regions. Sibir notably claims to have “destroyed” a Russian armored vehicle in the village Tiotkino.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense indicated that it had “failed an attempt by the Kiev regime to make a breakthrough on Russian territory in the Belgorod and Kursk regions”. “As promised, we are bringing freedom and justice to our Russian land.”