MOSCOW, August 15. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s FSB Border Guard Service regional department on Friday denied reports in foreign mass media, including in Ukrainian ones, that a column of armoured vehicles would cross the border from Russia into Ukraine.

“Due to regular shelling of the Russian territory from Ukraine and the cases of mass crossing of the border by Ukrainian servicemen necessary measures are being taken to ensure security of residents in border areas,” an official of the FSB Border Guard Service regional department told ITAR-TASS.

Mobile groups have been set up to ensure security of the state border and Russian citizens, and prevent armed men from penetrating into the Russian territory, he said.