MOSCOW. March 21 (Interfax) - Russian units are delivering strikes on Ukrainian saboteurs and preventing them from infiltrating into the Belgorod region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"In the Belgorod sector, Russian units continue preventing infiltration by sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and their elimination in the border areas of Ukraine," the statement said.
"Russian forces struck concentrations of foreign mercenary formations and Ukraine's 105th Territorial Defense Brigade near Velikaya Pisarevka, Lukashevka and Aleksandrovka, Sumy region," it said.
The enemy lost up to 30 troops, three pickups, and a Vampire MLRS launch vehicle, the statement said.