Moment Putin’s troops flee after paramilitary rebels ‘take control of Russian village’ – and vow to ‘march on Moscow’

PUTIN’S terrified troops appear to have been caught fleeing from Russian insurgents who claim to have captured a village.

The pro-Ukrainian partisans stormed across the border into Russia on Tuesday in an unprecedented two-pronged assault – and have now vowed to “march on Moscow”.

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Russian squaddies appear to be running for their lives from an attack led by Russian rebels[/caption]

The guerrilla fighters claimed that Putin’s forces had treated from the village of Tetkino in the Kursk region close to the border with UkraineLiberty of Russia Legion

A woman filmed the moment the paramilitaries stormed into Russia on tanksIgor Susko

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A commander in the Freedom of Russia Legion, whose call sign is Caesar, announced the start of their assault on Tuesday morning[/caption]

Anti-Putin fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL), Siberian Battalion (SB) and Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) are believed to be jointly battling government troops in the regions of Belgorod and Kursk.

At the start of their tank-led attack, the FRL vowed to “take our land from the regime centimetre by centimetre”.

The legion declared later claimed: “The village of Tetkino, Kursk region, is fully under the control of the Russian liberation forces.

“Putin’s army is rapidly leaving the village, leaving behind positions and abandoning heavy equipment.”

Unverified footage from the chaos appeared to show Russian forces retreating and running for their lives in the Kursk region.

The guerrilla fighters also claimed that Russian tanks had pulled back too – but the Kremlin predictably denied such claims.

Russia’s defence ministry said the breakthrough attempts had been thwarted and claimed more than 234 ‘Ukrainian’ troops had been killed and several of their tanks destroyed.

Ukraine’s military has denied their involvement and stated the paramilitary groups are “independent organisations” of Russian citizens who are operating at “home”.

Despite Moscow’s claims, the partisans tonight promised a “long hot night” for their enemy and said battles were still raging.

Alexei Baranovsky, a volunteer inside the FRL, told Pravda that: “All our groups are still located in Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts.

“The whole situation is underway. Today, we only saw the first part of the multi-act play.”

Baranovsky also told Newsweek that they hope to “march on Moscow at the end of their “most ambitious operation to date”.

He stated that their ultimate goal is to ensure the “liberation of Russia from Putin. We may not be able to pull it off now, but that is our overarching mission.

He added: “This marks a new milestone for the resistance movement.”

Dramatic footage from earlier on Tuesday showed the insurgent groups’ tanks passing a settlement in the Belgorod region.

Another clip appeared to show an armoured personnel carrier being blown up.

A woman shouted from her window: “Tanks are coming… What is this?”

The legion, which formed in spring of 2022 with the explicit aim of ending the Kremlin regime, has been growing from strength to strength.

Prior to the Wagner Group’s explosive, but aborted mutiny in June, fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion stormed across the border in tanks and led the biggest assault on Russian soil since Putin rose to power.

In a days-long battle in May, they “liberated” eight villages in the Belgorod region, even taking Russian soldiers captive and embarrassing Putin on the world stage.

Freedom of Russia volunteer Alexei Baranovsky said their fighters were still battling Russian government troops late on TuesdayTwitter

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The moment the legion claimed to have destroyed an armed personnel carrier in the Belgorod region[/caption]

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The legion told ordinary Russians to ‘wait for them’ as they vowed to save Russia from Putin’s regime[/caption]

The legion’s political representative, former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, said that another village, Lozovaya Rudka in Belgorod, was also the full control of the liberating forces.

He previously described what the FRL to The Sun as a “well established military force”.

The devout Kremlin enemy said it was “by far the largest resistance network inside Russia”.

In December, The Sun spoke to a senior commander in the legion, Caesar, who vowed Russia is ready to explode and they will help light its fuse in 2024.

He warned Russia that his “warriors” will stop at nothing to “free our motherland” and “save Ukraine” in the process.

From a secret bunker near Ukraine’s frontline, Caesar, 49, said: “We are the first military regiment who clearly and loudly says that only a struggle by force can change the power in Russia.”

The anti-Putin partisans have been scaling-up their secret operations and preparing for an armed struggle. “That’s why Putin is very, very afraid of us,” he added.

The commander said they have a combined force of thousands of brave Russians behind them – those who are willing to risk their lives to secure a “brighter future” for Russia. 

The pro-Ukrainian guerrilla attacks came the same day that Ukraine rained down hell on Russia with one of their largest kamikaze drone strikes of the war so far.

Two of Putin’s oil refineries – hundreds of miles behind enemy lines – went up in flames after being bombarded early on Tuesday.

A Russian IL-76 jet was also filmed as it exploded mid-air and crashed in a fireball yesterday in the the latest disaster from Putin’s creaking and dilapidated military.

The Freedom of Russia Legion say they intend to end the Kremlin regime (pictured last year)

The rebel fighters pictured during their days-long assault into Russia last May

The Sun spoke to Caesar in December who warned they had ‘big plans’ for the New Year