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Russian military men ordered the Ukrainian border guards manning checkpoint in Kerch in Crimea to lie down on the floor, threatening them with weapons, the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has told journalists.

 “Soldiers at gun point ordered the border detail to lie down, apparently to bring something into [the territory] again,” assistant chief of State Border Guard Service Serhiy Astakhov said.