The Russian Volunteer Corps claim to control Novaya Tavolzhanka village in the Belgorod region

The Russian Volunteer Corps claim to control Novaya Tavolzhanka village in the Belgorod region

Russian volunteers have claimed to take control of the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region, on the border with Ukraine. 

They released the video on their social media.

The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, claims that the regional authorities "cannot enter the village." He stated this during an interview on the VKontakte social network. 

Ukrainian intelligence reported that Andrei Stesev, a senior member of the Belgorod operational group, was killed in Novaya Tavolzhanka. It happened on the night of June 5.  Stesev previously served as the commander of the 104th Air Assault Regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces.