KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Ukrainian troops on a mission to establish a humanitarian corridor to facilitate the evacuation of civilians in embattled eastern Ukraine crossed into Russia. It is unclear whether the act was intentional or not.
According to Vasily Malayev, a spokesman for the Rostov regional office of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Border Guard Service, approximately 430 Ukrainian troops crossed into Russia early Monday. The Ukrainian troops were asking Russian border guards to establish a humanitarian corridor through Russia.