Vehicles carrying armed persons broke through at the Kerch ferry station, captured border guard service department
Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reports on a breakthrough of two mini-buses and three trucks carrying armed persons at “Krym-Kuban” border crossing point - ferry station in Kerch.
“Yeysk” ferry arrived at the border crossing point – ferry station “Krym-Kuban” at 19.15. directed to Ukraine. Border checks on two mini-buses located on the ferry were conducted, 7 persons armed with automatic weapons and guns were discovered,” reports the agency’s press-service.
Three trucks carrying armed persons arrived at the border crossing point on the next ferry - “Mykola Aksenenko”. The vehicles broke through as those belonging to military of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
The checks conducted on the persons carried by the vehicles showed they had no permission to bring in weapons. Upon the vehicles arrival at the border crossing point 10 militaries of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet armed with automatic and machine guns broke through from Ukraine’s side, located themselves across the territory of the border crossing point and signaled ready to start the fire, the agency’s spokesman reports.
Ukrainian border guards demanded that the weapons were not to be brought in without permission, attempted to resist the intervention, however trucks and mini-buses broke through to Ukraine's territory.
Later the armed persons brought in by the vehicles captured the premises of “Kerch” border guard service department, adds the agency.
Source: theinsider.com.ua / dpsu.gov.ua
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