Russian landing landed in the Kherson region

In the Kherson region, a Russian landing landed on the Arabat Strelka on Saturday, UNIAN reports . At about 13:30 near the village of Riflekovo, from 40 to 70 infantrymen of the Russian troops were landed, according to various sources. They captured the village with the support of 4 combat helicopters and 3 combat armored vehicles. The gas distribution station "Chernomorskneftegaz" was also captured.

The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine expressed the Russian side "Decisive and categorical protest" in connection with the events in Rifleovo. "Ukraine reserves the right to apply all the necessary measures to stop military invasion from Russia," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in response to a provocation from the Ukrainian side, the forces of army aviation of the APU ground forces, as well as the forces of the airmobile battalion, were raised. "The rebuff was carried out immediately. Russian troops returned to their former location," the department said.

At the same time, the head of the Center for Military-Political Research Dmitry Tymchuk refutes this information. According to him, the Russian military did not give up positions near the gas distribution station. "At present, our paratroopers are being pulled to the scene. But the fact is that for completely unknown reasons the station was not under guard. What will be the development of the current situation, it is not yet clear," Tymchuk writes on Facebook.

Meanwhile, the pro -Russian authorities said that "the Self -defense forces of Crimea prevented the destruction of the gas distribution station" and took it under guard. According to the Prime Minister of the ARC Sergey Aksenov, as a result of the sabotage, gas supply in several areas of the eastern part of Crimea ceased. According to the ARC authorities, the object tried to minate "about 20 people in camouflage," but they were frightened by "self -defense forces."

Aksenov turned to the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Alexander Vitko with a request to be protected by a gas distribution station near Rifleovka.