Russia says 'eliminated' four Ukrainian 'saboteurs' at border

Russia's FSB security service said Wednesday it had "eliminated" a group of four Ukrainian "saboteurs" who tried to cross into Russia from northern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.

"The FSB of the Russian Federation and forces of the defence ministry in the border Starodubsky district in the Bryansk region prevented an attempt to infiltrate the territory of the Russian Federation," agencies carried the FSB's statement as saying. "Four saboteurs were eliminated."