The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have killed five saboteurs who were "trying to infiltrate Russian territory from Ukraine. The ministry claims that Russian military and border guards "prevented a group of saboteurs from Ukraine from violating the state border," the press service of the Southern Military District said.
"A unit of the Southern Military District together with a border patrol of the Federal Security Service of Russia prevented a sabotage and reconnaissance group from the territory of Ukraine from violating the state border of Russia," it said.
In turn, this information has already been denied by Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister.
"I decisively refute the fake Russian propaganda about the fact that five Ukrainian saboteurs in two BMPs attacked the Russian Border Guard outpost and were destroyed," he wrote on his Telegram channel .
In addition, UNIAN reports that the OOS headquarters also denied the information that "saboteurs of the AFU crossed the Russian border."
"Neither our equipment nor soldiers could physically appear there - we are not advancing. This is all made-up stuff, just fakes," the headquarters said in a statement.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also joined in the denials.
"I categorically refute the Russian Federation's disinformation. Ukraine: did not attack Donetsk, Luhansk, did not send saboteurs or APCs across the border, did not shell Russian territory or checkpoints on the border, did not commit sabotage, does not plan such actions," the minister wrote on his Twitter.
He also demanded that Russia "immediately stop the fabrication of fakes.
Категорично спростовую дезінформацію РФ. Україна:
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 21, 2022
Не нападала на Донецьк, Луганськ
Не надсилала диверсантів чи БТРи через кордон
Не обстрілювала територію РФ чи КПП на кордоні
Не вчиняла диверсій
Не планує подібних дій.
Вимагаю від РФ негайно зупинити фабрику фейків.
