rimea, Ukraine's defence ministry said."Units of Ukraine's armed forces today...repelled an attempt by servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to enter the territory of Kherson region on Arbatskaya Strelka," a ministry statement said. "This was repelled immediately."5a:{"position":0,"content":"$5b"} 5c:{"position":1,"content":"

It said the Ukrainian military used aircraft, ground forces and its aeromobile battalion in the operation. The territory in question is a long spit of land running parallel to the east of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, now controlled by Russian forces.

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Ukrainian military repels attempted Russian incursion, defense ministry said