Ukraine has drawn parallels between its building tensions with Moscow and Russian military operations during previous Olympic Games.
Kiev fears that Moscow could use Rio 2016 as valuable cover should it seek to escalate the situation in Ukraine’s southeast.
Earlier this week, Kiev reported unexplained closures of traffic along the three routes that connect mainland Ukraine and annexed Crimea , which has been under Russian de facto control since 2014, despite U.N. condemnation.
On Wednesday, Russia’s FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside Crimea. Kiev denied the assertions, …read more
Source: Newsweek
