“We have never talked extensively about this, but there have been attempts to illegally cross the border with military drones and other aircraft,” Vedernikov said.
According to him, attempts to cross the state border were made by the neighbors of the Pskov region even before the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the number of NATO groups near the borders of Russia since February 2022 has increased by 2.5 times and amounted to more than 30 thousand people.