Pentagon Denies Reports It Transferred Equipment Outside Ukraine for Russia Border Attack

‘We will keep a close eye on any third-party transfers of equipment to paramilitary organizations,’ a spokesman says.

AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps near the border in Sumy region, Ukraine, May 24, 2023. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

The Pentagon has denied reports that it approved the transfer of American military equipment for use in a deadly raid on a Russian region bordering Ukraine on Monday. 

Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of the border towns in its southern Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before more than 70 of the attackers were killed or pushed back by what the authorities termed a counterterrorism operation.

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