Moscow sends a strong message. Russia will "take measures" to prevent Ukrainian incursions, after Russian authorities reported the day before an "infiltration" of Ukrainian "saboteurs" in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday.
"Conclusions will be drawn at the end of the investigation" into the alleged incursion into the Bryansk region on Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. The authorities will "take measures to prevent such occurrences in the future", he stressed.
The Russian security services (FSB, heir to the KGB) announced on Thursday that they had pushed back to Ukraine Ukrainian "saboteurs" who had infiltrated the Bryansk region (southwest of Russia) and who opened fire on a car in killing two civilians and injuring a child, according to Moscow.
kyiv has denied any incursion and accused Russian authorities of "provocation" aimed at justifying their military offensive against Ukraine.
According to a Russian deputy, Alexander Khinchtein, who chairs the committee for information policy in the State Duma, four members of the Russian special forces were also injured Thursday in this region when a mine exploded in the passage of their vehicle. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who on Thursday denounced a "terrorist" attack, will convene the National Security Council on Friday.
