ROSTOV-ON-DON, July 16. /ITAR-TASS/. Customs officers of Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk multi-way border-crossing point to Ukraine in the southern Rostov Region were on Wednesday evening evacuated from their workplaces due to shooting on adjacent Ukrainian territory, Southern Customs Department spokesman Rayan Farukshin said.
“Shooting started at 18:50 in the vicinity of the adjacent Dolzhansky checkpoint. Customs officers were evacuated,” Farukshin said.
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