The attack comes just as Ukrainian troops launch an offensive on areas of the south of the country that have been illegally annexed through Moscow.
In a statement following the attack, the ministry said the shooting took place in Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine.
He said the two volunteers from an unidentified ex-Soviet country shot at other infantrymen and were killed by recoil fire.
The ministry incident of a terrorist attack.
The attack took place on Saturday at an educational consultation in the Western Military District, according to TASS, which cited the Russian Defense Ministry.
The gunmen are believed to be from former Soviet states.
“After a terrorist attack on an army educational floor in the Belgorod region, another 11 people were killed, 15 were injured and are receiving medical assistance,” the report said.
“The incident occurred at a shooting education consultation with volunteers preparing for a special operation. The terrorists attacked the unit’s workers’ corps with small arms fire. “
Russia has lost ground in the seven weeks since the Ukrainian armed forces introduced their counteroffensive in the south.
This week, the Kremlin unveiled what are believed to be its coordinated air and missile strikes on Ukraine’s key infrastructure since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In the wake of the attacks, a missile strike on Saturday severely damaged a key electrical installation in Ukraine’s capital region, the country’s grid operator said.
Following mounting setbacks, the Russian military has been scrambling to cut off power and water in remote populated spaces while repelling Ukrainian counterattacks in occupied spaces.
On Friday, Putin said Moscow saw the need for more large strikes, but that its military would carry out targeted strikes.
He said that of the 29 targets the Russian military planned in this week’s attacks, seven were not broken and would be eliminated.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based tank, interpreted Putin’s comments as intended to counter complaints from pro-war Russian bloggers who “welcomed the resumption of movements in Ukrainian cities, but warned that a short crusade would be ineffective. “. “
In the southern Kherson region, one of the first regions of Ukraine to fall to Russia after the invasion and which Putin illegally designated as Russian territory last month, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive on Saturday.
Kyiv’s military reported retaking 75 towns and cities over the past month, but said momentum had slowed as fighting turned into the kind of grueling back-and-forth that characterized Russia’s months-long offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region.
(With input from agencies)
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