Russian border breach: Freedom of Russia Legion declares intent to reach Moscow

Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion consider their main mission to be the "march on Moscow" aimed at liberating the Russian Federation from the president Vladimir Putin, according to Newsweek.
In a comment to the material, one of the volunteers of the Freedom of Russia Legion, Alexei Baranovsky, with the call sign "Lutik," stated that the fighters intend to eventually carry out a "march on Moscow" for "liberation of Russia from Putin."
"We may not be able to pull it off now, but that is our overarching mission," he said.
Baranovsky noted that the operation of the rebels to break through the Russian border is related to the so-called presidential election in the Russian Federation.
"We may not be able to stop the federal election, but we can disrupt the regional votes, so we are doing what we can by bringing this 'air of freedom' to at least some parts of the country" he explained.
According to Baranovsky, insurgent formations want to activate the frightened internal opposition in Russia.
"As citizens of Russia, we decided that we also want to take part in this election—and this is our way of getting our voices heard. We are voting for an armed resistance to the Putin regime, for an uprising, a revolution," he said, calling on all Russians to join volunteers in the fight against the dictator.
On March 12, the Russian Volunteer Corps together with the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Siberian Battalion broke through the border with Russia and took control of several settlements, including in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
In addition, according to RBC-Ukraine, Russians complained about drone attacks for two nights in a row. Putin commented on the events in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, blaming Ukraine for this.
Putin linked the border breakthrough by volunteers with alleged failures on the front and plans to disrupt the "expression of the will of citizens" in the so-called presidential election in the Russian Federation.
Russian volunteers announced strikes on Russian military positions in Belgorod and Kursk. Residents of these cities were urged to evacuate.