Russia (bbabo.net), - On Monday, Russian border guards stopped an impending sabotage near the Russian-Ukrainian border - on the territory of the Rostov region. The Russian military helped them, as a battle broke out and armored vehicles rushed to help the Ukrainian saboteurs who had already penetrated us.

As reported on Monday in the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD), it was possible to stop an attempt to violate the state border of the Russian Federation. It was undertaken, according to the military, "by a sabotage and reconnaissance group from Ukraine."

The incident occurred on February 21 at about 6 am Moscow time near the village of Mityakinskaya, Rostov region.

"The border detachment of the FSB of Russia discovered the penetration of a sabotage and reconnaissance group from the territory of Ukraine. To detain the sabotage group, the border detachment requested reinforcements from a unit of the Russian armed forces of the Southern Military District allocated for operational cover of the state border," the report says.

"During the clash for the emergency evacuation of a sabotage group from the territory of Ukraine through the state border with the Russian Federation, two infantry fighting vehicles of the armed forces of Ukraine entered. A unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation promptly arrived at the scene of the clash with fire from anti-tank weapons and destroyed both infantry fighting vehicles," the Southern Military District reported.

It is noted that five saboteurs were eliminated in the battle. The fate of the crews of the wrecked Ukrainian armored vehicles is not reported.

"The Russian military and border guards did not suffer as a result of this sabotage," the Southern Military District concluded.

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