FSB says killed Ukraine ‘saboteurs’ trying to enter Russia

Four saboteurs who attempted to penetrate the territory of the Bryansk region from Ukraine (AFP)
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Updated 26 December 2022
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FSB says killed Ukraine ‘saboteurs’ trying to enter Russia

  • 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.


Two Polish airports closed temporarily over military operations, air agency says

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Two Polish airports closed temporarily over military operations, air agency says

  • Two Polish airports closed temporarily over military operations, air agency says
WARSAW: Authorities in ​Poland have temporarily closed airports in Rzeszow ‌and ‌Lublin ​because ‌of military ⁠aviation ​operations, the Polish ⁠Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said ⁠on Tuesday.
Polish ‌commanders ‌said ​military ‌aviation ‌operations began in the country’s airspace ‌due to strikes by ⁠the ⁠Russian Federation’s long-range air forces on Ukrainian territory.