LDPR proposed to recognize conscripts in the Belgorod region as participants in hostilities

The Liberal Democratic Party began to work on the issue of recognizing conscripts in the Belgorod region as participants in hostilities. This was announced by the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, leader of the LDPR Leonid Slutsky.

“Conscripts who defended the Belgorod Region showed themselves to be heroes who deserve the highest awards. But will they be recognized as combatants? The Liberal Democratic Party has started working on an appropriate legal mechanism,” wrote he is in his Telegram channel.

Slutsky also called on the Defense Ministry to take “joint operational action” on this initiative. The leader of the LDPR called the authorities’ “moral duty” that the conscripts who repelled the attack of Ukrainian saboteurs in the Belgorod region receive “all payments due under the law.”

The day before, June 4, the Ministry of Defense reported on the suppression of an attempt to break through the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) in the Belgorod region. The actions of the enemy were revealed by Russian border guards. As a result of the artillery strike, the enemy was “scattered and retreated.”

Last time Ukrainian DRG penetrated to the Graivoronsky district of the Belgorod region on May 22. As a result of the incident, one resident of the village of Kozinka died, and 13 more people were injured. During the counter-terrorist operation, the enemy was blocked and defeated, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported. The remnants of the militants were forced out by the Russian military into the territory of Ukraine and liquidated, he said. By data Ministry of Defense, more than 70 saboteurs were destroyed.