According to him, two sabotage groups of the Ukrainian military entered the Russian border in the Lugansk region and from the territory of Mariupol.
“As a result of the battle between our border guards, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense, these two sabotage groups were destroyed.
One of the Ukrainian servicemen was captured,” Bortnikov said at a meeting of the Security Council.
Earlier it became known that a subdivision of the Southern Military District, together with the border detachment of the FSB of Russia, prevented a violation of the state border by a sabotage and reconnaissance group from Ukraine.
The press service of the Southern Military District reported that five Ukrainian saboteurs were killed.