Russian troops will continue to react "promptly and extremely harshly" to the actions of Ukrainian militants, Sergei Shoigu said. He was commenting on the penetration of Ukrainian nationalists into the territory of the Belgorod region.
The militants were defeated by air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of servicemen of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, he said. According to him, more than 70 Ukrainian saboteurs, as well as automobile and armored vehicles, were destroyed.