FSB says killed Ukraine ‘saboteurs’ trying to enter Russia

Four saboteurs who attempted to penetrate the territory of the Bryansk region from Ukraine (AFP)

• Saboteurs were carrying foreign weapons and “improvised explosive devices.”

MOSCOW: Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday that a four-person Ukrainian “sabotage group” had been “liquidated” while trying to enter Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.
“As a result of a clash on December 25, four saboteurs who attempted to penetrate the territory of the Bryansk region from Ukraine were destroyed,” state-owned RIA news agency quoted an FSB statement as saying.
The FSB said the alleged saboteurs were armed with foreign-made guns and four improvised explosive devices.
There was no immediate comment on the incident from Ukraine.