1 person was killed and another one was seriously injured during a border trespass incident in Ukraine's Luhansk region, the 112 of Ukraine television station has reported citing the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service's press center.
According to earlier reports, one person was injured as several people traveling in trucks attempted to cross into Ukraine along a road leading to the town of Antratsyt.
“At around 3:30 a.m. on May 27, border guards spotted a convoy of several trucks, cars and minibuses that were moving from the direction of Russia toward the state border of Ukraine. At 3:40 a.m., the convoy crossed the state border, where it encountered armed resistance on the part of the border guard unit. A gun battle ensued. Some of the trespassers, having left a covering group behind, still managed to cross into Ukraine in the direction of Antratsyt,” the Ukrainian border guards’ press service said.
As a result of the armed clash, the border guards seriously injured 1 person and damaged and seized 1 minibus and 2 cars, it said.
“The seized vehicles were filled with Kalashnikov assault rifles, hand-held grenade launchers and explosives,” the press service said.
