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Border guards in Sumy Oblast engaged in gunfire with a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group (RSG) on April 1, as the intruders attempted to infiltrate the oblast, resulting in the forced retreat of the Russians, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service reported.
Almost immediately following the end of the EuroMaidan Revolution in Ukraine in February 2014, Russia swiftly moved to annex and occupy the Crimean Peninsula. Within a couple of months, unrest erupted in eastern Ukraine followed by Russian-backed militias taking over administrative buildings. The events mark the start of Russia's 10-year invasion and occupation of Ukraine that continues to this day.
A 22-year-old resident of Kryvyi Rih was detained while attempting to cross the mountainous section of the border with Romania in Zakarpattya Oblast, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service’s press service reported on Jan. 29.