The border department of the FSB of Russia in the Rostov region reported that it recorded two ammunition on the territory of Russia near the border with Ukraine.
Both shells fell into the territory of the Tarasovsky district of the Rostov region. One, as previously reported , exploded on the outskirts of the village of Mityakinskaya (25 kilometers from Lugansk). According to the FSB, it exploded two kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Russian news agencies wrote with reference to the source that the explosion occurred 300 meters from the residential building, and no one was injured due to the incident.
The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case due to a projectile entering the territory of Russia. The official representative of the UK Svetlana Petrenko said that the case is investigated "on the fact of an attempt to murder, committed in a generally hazardous way." According to the investigation, unidentified people released a shell from the reactive system of a volley fire between 5 and 6 hours of the morning on February 19.
The second shell, according to the FSB, reached the Manotsky farm (25 kilometers from Lugansk). “The shell destroyed the economic building in the territory of private household,” the department said, noting that there were no dead or victims. The special service distributed a video, where a destroyed building is visible.
In the IC of Russia, it is argued that on the farm Manotsky, due to the hit of the projectile, one non-residential house is completely destroyed. According to the investigation, one economic building of a non -residential house on the farm is also destroyed (25 kilometers from Lugansk).
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleb said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not involved in the incident. “We did not shoot, these are not our shells. This is the last thing we are interested in is in the further escalation of the situation, ”the minister said in Munich, where the International Security Conference is taking place.
In recent days in the Donbass, the situation was aggravated against the backdrop of the buildings of Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine. The authorities of the self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics on February 18 began the evacuation of residents to Russia. Women and children are taken out on buses and trains to the Rostov region. On the morning of February 19, the authorities of both republics announced universal mobilization.
Alexander Baklanov
Photo on the cover: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation