Russian forces are fighting a Ukrainian sabotage group in Bryansk region which borders Ukraine after the group took hostages in a shop, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.
"A group of Ukrainian saboteurs infiltrated two villages, taking local residents hostage in one of them. Soldiers from Rosgvardia clashed with the militants," TASS quoted an unnamed source in Russia's security services as saying.
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the reports.
