#6720 is the 676th Regiment of Operation Designation, based at Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, part of the Siberian District of the National Guard. On 6 June Putin ordered a 5 million Ruble life insurance benefit payment to families of Rosgvardians who die in Ukraine. Mission Missions of the National Guard of Russia include joint operations in securing borders (in assistance to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) fighting terrorism, organized crime, and to perform the functions which are currently carried out by riot police units (OMON, SOBR, etc.), as well as prison police units. However the National Guard does not perform field investigation activities. The Federal Service has powers in the sphere of weapons turnover and control of private security activities. The National Guard also is to work to protect public safety and order along with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and guard important state facilities. According to President Vladimir Putin, a major area of responsibility of the National Guard is the overseeing the various kinds of security provisions and the authorization system of the right to possess firearms, the oversight of private security firms and the management of the interior troops proper. Operations abroad Until the final approbation, it was not yet clear whether these forces will be taking part in counter-terrorism operations abroad, with different open sources reporting different assessments, but, according to the draft presidential decree, it was expected to get the right to interact with competent bodies of other countries, including training relationships. The law includes the possibility of using National Guard troops in international operations "to restore and maintain peace". According to some pro-Ukrainian sources, National Guard units were in Donbas in May 2016, in order to prevent the desertion of Novorussian soldiers. In 2022, they were seen in the "training exercises" on the Russia–Ukraine border and in Belarus during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis. Some units joined the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2022 invasion of Ukraine Early in January and February 2022, there were reports of Rosgvardiya detachments moving to the Russia–Ukraine border and Belarus, joining the supposed "training exercise", going during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Rosgvardiya troops started to move into Ukrainian territory, establishing themselves in occupied cities and towns, reportedly for suppressing local hostile population. in Kherson On March 9, Ukraine claimed that in Kherson, one of the first cities occupied by Russia,