Ukrainian incursions into Russia have usually been kept quiet, until now.

It was Christmas Day, and four fighters from a volunteer Ukrainian special forces team had slipped over the border into Russian territory. They were on a mission to scout enemy positions, place mines to blow up Russian military equipment and engage in sabotage operations to undermine Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The four soldiers were killed soon after they entered Russia.

It was the type of operation that Ukraine undertakes regularly, covert incursions that bring the war to Russia in small ways, though the Ukrainians rarely talk about them openly. Read more

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