Putin says Ukrainian group attacks border region, Kyiv denies Russian ‘provocation’
ANDREW OSBORN and MARK TREVELYAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin said Russia had been hit by a "terrorist attack" in the southern Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, and vowed to crush what he said was a Ukrainian sabotage group that had fired at civilians. Ukraine accused Russia of staging a false "provocation", but also appeared to imply some form of operation had indeed been carried out by Russian anti-government partisans. Amid reports of shelling and sporadic sabotage, Russia's border regions have become increasingly volatile since Moscow invaded Ukraine a year ago in what it called a "special military operation". Putin, in a televised address, accused…