Ukraine’s security services on Thursday said there had been a shootout involving Russian federal security agents (FSB) and Russian armed forces on the Crimean regional border, according to a statement on the Ukrainian president’s website.
Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 and maintains de facto control over, became the site of a diplomatic flare up between Moscow and Kiev again this week. On Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of adopting “terror” tactics, citing accusations from Moscow’s security services that Ukrainian-backed agents had tried to cross into Crimea with explosives and set up an attack. Ukraine’s President …read more
Source: Newsweek
