MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Russian law enforcement discovered an assault rifle and a bulletproof vest on the Ukrainian light aircraft pilot, who crossed the state border and crashed in the Bryansk Region, a National Guard representative told TASS Wednesday.

"The Ukrainian pilot was detained by the National Guard, by joint efforts of all security agencies represented in the region. He was armed. He had an assault right, magazines, a bulletproof vest. Federal Security Service employees will now decide how to work with him now," the source said.

Earlier on Wednesday, a light plane crashed in the Klintsovsky District of Russia’s Bryansk Region, near the settlement of Butovsk. The pilot has been apprehended. The crash caused no injuries or damage on the ground.