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Russian Customs Officers Evacuated Due to Shootings in Ukraine

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Employees of the Donetsk customs control station in Rostov Region were evacuated deeper into the Russian territory due to shootings near the neighboring Izvarino customs post in Ukraine, the Russian Federal Customs Service said in a statement issued Wednesday.

MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Employees of the Donetsk customs control station in Rostov Region were evacuated deeper into the Russian territory due to shootings near the neighboring Izvarino customs post in Ukraine, the Russian Federal Customs Service said in a statement issued Wednesday.

“In general the situation on the border is complicated. In the evening and during the night the gunfire was heard in Ukrainian territory close to the Russian customs control stations in Gukovo and Novoshakhtinsk,” the statements reads.

Late Wednesday the personnel of the Novoshakhtinsk station was forced to hide in the basement of the administrative building due to the intense shootings in the neighboring area of the Ukrainian customs post in Dolzhansky. By midnight Russian employees returned to the station.

Last Saturday about 10 ammunitions exploded on the territory bordering the Russian customs station in Donetsk. During the shooting over 50 people were at the post. They were evacuated from the field of fire inside the building under the cover of armored vehicles.

Such evacuations became a regular occurrence since Kiev’s authorities launched a military operation in southeast Ukraine in April. Moscow has repeatedly condemned the move, which led to dozens of casualties, urging Kiev to stop the punitive campaign against the independence movement and establish a nationwide dialogue.

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