Russia may be preparing provocations for May 9, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry, said on the air of the United News telethon..

He suggested that the Russian special services could stage attacks on the civilian population of the border regions of Russia, allegedly by Ukrainian military personnel..

“Starting from 2014, the occupiers have been using this kind of provocation and it is possible that we will also face this now.. In this situation, such provocations can be directed by the Russian special services against the Russian civilian population and timed to coincide with certain dates, for example, May 9, ”he said..

At the same time, according to the representative of the GUR, no one in Ukraine or in the rest of the world will believe in such ideas..

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“But this does not mean that there will be no provocations..

In particular, there is also a risk that provocations will be directed against Belarus in order to draw it into the war against Ukraine,” he suggested..

Earlier, the Center for National Resistance reported that the Russian invaders in the Kursk and Bryansk regions were given military uniforms of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, probably as part of the preparation of a provocation to discredit the Ukrainian army..

The GUR also said that in the temporarily occupied Mariupol, the Russians are preparing to defend the city.