MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Russian forces thwarted an attempt by a Ukrainian subversive group to land on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"Reconnaissance squads using a drone spotted a subversive/reconnaissance group making another unsuccessful attempt to reach in a boat the left shore of the Dnieper defended by units of Russian paratroopers and motor rifle troops. The coordinates of the place of the possible landing were transmitted to a battalion command post," the ministry said on its Telegram channel.
The Russian personnel immediately assumed prepared positions and eliminated the approaching subversive/reconnaissance group by small arms fire, it said.
Russian forces periodically shell the opposite bank of the Dnieper from small arms to thwart the enemy’s attempts to cross the river, it said.