Both officers died on the spot. According to the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine, the incident occurred on the section of the Stanichno-Luganskoe department about five o'clock in the evening.
An ambulance arrived at the scene, but the border guards could not be saved.
In connection with this, a situation group was created in the regional administration and in the management of the detachment.
In order to study all the circumstances of this incident, the department will inform the Military Prosecutor's Office, the National Police and representatives of international missions working in the area of ??the antiterrorist operation, "the State Border Service.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Ukraine, more than 16,000 border guards are participants in military operations. Of these, 738 - received honored state military awards.