ROSTOV-ON-DON. Sept 4 (Interfax) - A shell fired from Ukraine has exploded near the checkpoint Voloshino, Mirrovskaya customs (Rostov region of Russia), which has not been put into operation yet, Rayan Farukshin, an official with the Southern Operative Customs, told Interfax.
"A clash occurred near the state border o the Ukrainian side in the early hours of Thursday. A munition exploded on the roadside, not far from the new checkpoint Voloshino," he said on Thursday.
The explosion did not cause any casualties or destruction, he said.
Farukshin recalled that the motorway bridge of the checkpoint Voloshino, which is under construction, is located 200 meters from the Ukrainian post. The checkpoint was expected to replace the current checkpoint and be a permanent checkpoint.
The customs post Voloshino is now working normally, but officials from the Ukrainian checkpoint Krasna Talovka are not working with private individuals and road vehicles.
The other checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border of the Southern Customs Department are working normally.