Moscow (AFP) – Russian military sources quoted by state agencies on Tuesday said that Russian troops captured by Kiev and shown on Ukrainian television had crossed the border accidentally.”The soldiers were really taking part in patrolling a section of the Russian-Ukrainian border, they crossed it most likely by accident, on an unequipped, unmarked section,” a defence ministry source was quoted as saying by three Russian news agencies.A Russian defence ministry spokesman told AFP that he could not comment on the reports.Ukraine’s security service said Monday the 10 Russian paratroopers were captured near the Ukrainian village of Dzerkalne. The village is …read more
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