Unknown attacked another checkpoint on the border of Ukraine and Russia
Unidentified attacked another checkpoint at the border between Ukraine and Russia, a group of Ukrainian border guards asked for shelter in the Russian Federation from prosecution, said ITAR-TASS Vasily Malayev, head of the press service of the border department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region.
“Unidentified armed people attacked another Izvarino checkpoint (Ukraine) - Donetsk” (Russia). In the 22: 30 MSK area, Ukrainian border guards arrived at Donetsk from the checkpoint of Iznarino, who asked for shelter from the armed persons. Among the Ukrainian border guards there are wounded, "he said.
Malaev added that necessary first aid was provided to the wounded. “They were evacuated to the nearest medical facility in the city of Donetsk (Rostov region),” he said.
Fight near the border point
On Friday at 18: 40 Moscow time, in the area of the Ukrainian checkpoint "Dolzhansky" located on the border with the Rostov region, a battle began between the militias who carried out border control and the fighters of the armed forces of Ukraine or the National Guard.
As a result of mortar shelling from the side of Ukraine, buildings, engineering structures and communications of the Russian checkpoint Novoshakhtinsk were damaged. A representative of the Southern Customs Administration of the Russian Federation reported that a Russian customs officer who worked at the Novoshakhtinsk checkpoint was injured during the shelling. He was operated on, his life is not in danger.
Upon the shelling of Russian territory from Ukraine, a criminal case was initiated under the article "attempted murder".
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine claims that "because of its proximity to the state border with Russia, the Ukrainian military did not use and did not use artillery or mortar fire." According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, "during the execution of tasks" for the implementation of the military operation, "units of the armed forces approached the checkpoint Dolzhansky on the Ukrainian-Russian border."
According to the defense department of Ukraine, the militias, "who recently occupied this border facility, immediately made a desperate fire resistance to government forces." According to the Ministry of Defense, as a result, "the mine exploded near the boundary line."
On Saturday, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced the start of an investigation into the shooting incident at the border. "All the circumstances of this incident will be thoroughly investigated by law enforcement agencies of Ukraine," - said in a statement published on the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
Moscow reaction
Moscow is strongly protesting the shelling of Ukraine’s territory on the Ukrainian side and is demanding that Kiev investigate this crime, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The Russian side expresses resolute protest in connection with this aggressive action. We demand from Kiev an urgent and immediate investigation of all the circumstances of this crime, which violates the elementary norms and principles of international law.
Foreign Ministry statement
"This is a direct provocation, the purpose of which is to prevent the implementation of the Geneva agreements on the early de-escalation of the internal Ukrainian conflict," the ministry said.
The press service of the President of the Russian Federation, in turn, said that the Russian side is waiting for explanations and apologies.
In the Rostov Region, reserve groups of police departments are alerted due to intense shooting in the adjacent Ukrainian territory.
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