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Border Panic and ‘Total Disarray’ as War Spills Into Russia<!-- wp:html --><p>REUTERS/Anton Zverev</p> <p>Residents of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-summons-defense-officials-after-supposed-ukrainian-attack-in-russia">Russia’s Bryansk region </a>say local authorities orchestrated a massive cover-up to conceal the fact that the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/drones-attack-russia-from-all-sides">war has come to Russian territory</a> and they can’t do anything to stop it.</p> <p>The independent outlet <a href="https://t.me/svobodnieslova/1767">Verstka</a> on Wednesday published interviews with several residents who say a Russian border guard was killed last week when the governor claimed to have fended off a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-pilot-detained-after-crashing-plane-in-bryansk-russian-fsb-claims">Ukrainian attack</a>.</p> <p>“Even the local newspaper wrote that there were no fatalities. There was not a word about the death, but more than a thousand people came to the funeral,” Tatyana Pashechko was quoted saying of her brother, Sergei Listratenko.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-near-ukrainian-border-panic-over-kremlin-war-cover-up">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

REUTERS/Anton Zverev

Residents of Russia’s Bryansk region say local authorities orchestrated a massive cover-up to conceal the fact that the war has come to Russian territory and they can’t do anything to stop it.

The independent outlet Verstka on Wednesday published interviews with several residents who say a Russian border guard was killed last week when the governor claimed to have fended off a Ukrainian attack.

“Even the local newspaper wrote that there were no fatalities. There was not a word about the death, but more than a thousand people came to the funeral,” Tatyana Pashechko was quoted saying of her brother, Sergei Listratenko.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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