The Russian Volunteer Corps announced the completion of the “hot phase” of its raids into border regions of Russia from Ukraine on April 7 in the evening. Anti-Kremlin militias, including the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion, and the Siberian Battalion, launched incursions into Belgorod and Kursk oblasts on March 12, allegedly resulting in clashes with Russian forces in several settlements. At a press conference later that month, representatives of the groups said their goal was to “open a second front” and ease pressure on Ukrainian troops on the Kupiansk axis. Russian na…