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Ukrainian authorities arrested two men that it claims are Russian security agentsoff theBlack Sea coastafter the pairapparentlygot lost at sea in a tiny boat duringa training exercise in Crimea, seized from Ukraine by Russia in 2014.

The men, who were washed ashore in Ukraine's Kherson region,claimed to beagents of Russia'sFederal Security Bureau(FSB) who had been deployed in Crimea, where they were taking part in a training drill,the head of Ukraines border police, Viktor Nazarenko, announced on Facebook.

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Russia has not yet commented publicly on the arrest but hascontacted Ukrainian authorities to confirm the men were FSB patrol guards, Ukraines border guard spokesman Oleg Slobodyan told the local112 channel. The two men have been jailed for 15 days.

It is not the first time Russian security or military officials have arrived unannounced in Ukraine under suspicious circumstances.

Last November Ukrainian forces near the border with Crimea announced the arrest of another pair of Russian servicemen, though Russia denied the charges and said the pair were abducted from Crimea.

Detentions of Russian soldiers have also been reported in the war-torn Donbass regionin eastern Ukraine.

Earlier this week BBC reported that Ukrainian forces detained a Russian soldier fighting in eastern Ukraine. Russias Ministry of Defense issued a statement to state news agency RIA Novosti on Wednesday, confirming the man was a former soldier but had quit in 2016, before travelling to fight in Ukraine as a volunteer.

Russia denies sending any soldiers to prop up separatist militants in eastern Ukraine and when Russian servicemen have been captured fighting alongside separatist militants Moscow has disowned the soldiers, claiming they were no longer active servicemen.

The largest incursion happened when 10 Russian paratroopers landed onto Ukrainian-held land in Donbass. Once again denying that the group were meant to land on separatist-held land as reinforcements, Russias explanation was that the men were training nearby and entered Ukraine by accident.

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Russian Agents Detained in Ukraine After Getting 'Lost at Sea' During Crimea Training Exercise, Says Kiev - Newsweek