 Russian authorities do not know how to respond to operations in Belgorod Oblast. Experts at the Institute for the Study of War, ISW, have pointed out that Russia's various levels of government do not coordinate their actions and do not know how to respond to the events in the country's Belgorod Oblast. The ISW has indicated that the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion conducted another limited raid into Belgorod Oblast on the 4th of June and reportedly continued to operate in the Russian border town. Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has confirmed that fighting was taking place in Novyah, Tavozanka, although the Russian Ministry of Defence has claimed that units of the Western Military District and the Russian Border Guard Service struck a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group near the settlement, forcing it to retreat. According to the so-called Russian Military Bloggers and Media Outlets, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of 20 people entered Novyah, Tavozanka and remained there. The ISW analysts have concluded that Russia's dissonant reaction and reports of the limited raid in Belgorod Oblast continue to suggest that the Russian leadership has not yet decided how to respond to these limited raids. The experts have noted that limited raids and shelling of the border in Belgorod Oblast are increasingly becoming the focus of criticism of the Russian military leadership.