MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and Russian troops are carrying out measures to eliminate armed Ukrainian militants who have trespassed the country’s state border, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday.

"The FSB of Russia and the attached troops are carrying out measures in the borderline Klimovsky district of the Bryansk Region to eliminate the armed Ukrainian nationalists who have trespassed the state border," the press office said.

Several dozen Ukrainian saboteurs infiltrated into the borderline district of the Bryansk Region on Thursday morning. As the defense circles told TASS, the saboteurs attacked the villages of Lyubechane and Sushany. Up to six people may be held hostage by the Ukrainian militants. There are both killed and wounded people among local residents.