Russia claims to have “liquidated two Ukrainian saboteurs”

Ukrainian soldiers are firing at Russian troops' trenches in the Donetsk region. Credit: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

Russia said on Thursday that its forces had killed two Ukrainian «saboteurs» and captured five more who carried out a cross-border raid into the border region of Bryansk.

Ukrainian special forces soldiers tried to conduct a series of «high-level operations». specialized terrorist acts at military and energy infrastructure facilities,” the Moscow FSB said.

The agency did not comment on the number of Ukrainian militants trying to penetrate the Bryansk region, bordering Ukraine and Belarus.

But it claims that the group included servicemen of the SBU, military intelligence and special forces.

“Two militants were detained during the operational and combat activities in the Navlinsky district. liquidated, five detained, three of them injured,” said the governor of Bryansk, Alexander Bogomaz.

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Navlinsky district is located south of the city of Bryansk and about 25 miles east of the border with Ukraine.< /p>

The FSB said its officers seized grenades and other NATO-standard munitions in a joint operation with Russia's National Headquarters. Security guards and local police forces must thwart the alleged Ukrainian raid.

Video footage released by the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti shows a cache of weapons allegedly seized from the Ukrainian group.

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Among the weapons laid out on a black mat on the grass were six automatic rifles, nine hand grenades and two dozen magazines that Bogomaz said were made in the United States.

Russian authorities are checking them. “criminal proceedings” against captured Ukrainians, the FSB reported.

A Ukrainian serviceman operates a drone on the front line near the village of Robotain Photo: VYACHESLAV RATYNSKY/REUTERS

Moscow has repeatedly said that Ukrainian forces have used weapons donated by the West to strike and invade the Russian mainland.

Ukrainian officials have not commented on this information. alleged invasion of Bryansk.

But Kyiv often denies using Western weapons to attack Russia.

Mr Bogomaz said later Thursday that Russian forces shot down three drones over the Bryansk region. .

Footage posted on social media shows Ukrainian-made UJ-22 drones flying in the blue skies over the region.

There were no reports of casualties or damage as a result. obvious strikes.