[UPDATE-May 24] Ukrainian Saboteurs Cross Into Russia’s Belgorod, Escalation in the Region

Belgorod region, Situation as of May 23, 2023 Following the results of the second day of the Battle of Belgorod, the United States began to change shoes in the air. The head of the press service of the U.S. State Department Matthew Miller at a regular briefing said that the U.S. authorities “doubt the veracity of reports ” that Ukrainian saboteurs used American-provided weapons during a sortie in the Belgorod region. Then an even more amusing message appeared: the Pentagon stated that they did not approve of the transfer of equipment supplied to Ukraine to a third party, but Kyiv…