The Russian army claims to have killed five “saboteurs” coming from Ukraine. Russia has also accused Ukraine of shelling Russian border guards. Kiev denies that.
The Russian army says it has killed five “saboteurs” coming from Ukraine on Russian soil. Russian news agencies, including and citing the army, reported on Monday that the “five people” had violated the Russian border and had been “eliminated”. In addition, during the morning incident in the Rostov region, two Ukrainian military vehicles tried to cross the border.
The Ukrainian side denied the Russian information: “Not a single one of our soldiers crossed the border into the Russian Federation and not a single one was killed today,” said Anton Gerashchenko of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
Russian news agencies had previously reported that a Russian border post had been shot at from Ukraine. On Monday morning, “a grenade of an unknown type fired from Ukrainian territory completely destroyed the post of border guards in the Rostov region,” the agencies reported, citing the Russian FSB secret service, which is also responsible for border protection.
Ukraine denies grenade attack on Russia
Shortly thereafter, the Ukrainian army declared that the information was not correct; they did not fire a grenade at the posts. “We cannot stop them from producing fake news – but we always emphasize that we are not shooting at civilian infrastructure or at any area in the Rostov region or whatever,” said Ukrainian military spokesman Pavlo Kovalchuk.
Western officials have been warning for days that Russia could create a pretext for an attack on Ukraine. The situation on the ground is extremely tense, and the statements made by both sides are difficult to verify independently. In frantic international efforts, intensive attempts are being made to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Stern
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