Russian helicopters violated the air space of Ukraine, is reported in the appeal of the Ukrainian state border service.
" 3 July military helicopters of Russia, carrying out air reconnaissance and demonstrative flights along the Russian-Ukrainian border, two times have violated the airspace of Ukraine ", - is informed in the state border service received by the representative office of ITAR-TASS in Kiev." 08. 20 3 Russian helicopters violated the state border of Ukraine in the area of residential settlements Belovodsk Lugansk region, And in 09. 20 3 of the helicopter of the Russian Federation flew on the space of Ukraine in the area of the checkpoint Dolzhanskaya " (Lugansk region) ", - says the appeal. As stated in the message, with the Russian side on July 2 has stopped working checkpoint at the border " Fun ascension " (from the Ukrainian side, " Novoazovsk, Donetsk region), And " first were terminated checkpoints " Gukovo ", " Kujbyshevo " and " Novoshakhtinsk ". Before Thursday, the border guard of the FSB in the Rostov region have informed, that in a shootout on the territory of Ukraine in the area of the checkpoint Dolzhanskaya " several munitions exploded at the Russian checkpoint " Novoshakhtinsk ". On Tuesday the Ukrainian law enforcers stated that captured Dolzhanskaya ". Remember also, the Ukrainian border guards left the checkpoint " Dolzhansky " June 5 and switched to the Russian side. Before that, it was declared that the Russian Federation Together with the families want to move a border Outpost of Ukraine. For the last period of time on the border of Russia and Ukraine have become more frequent events and provocations. On the first day weekend, June 28, the building of checkpoint " Gukovo " in the Rostov region on the border line with Ukraine received destruction because of hit of a military supply, issued by Ukrainian military. June 20 at the border guard of the FSB said that the Russian checkpoint " Novoshakhtinsk " in the Rostov region suffered from mortar fire from Ukraine. And on Tuesday 3 checkpoint on the border line with Ukraine in Rostov region were closed due to fighting in the adjacent territory.

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