Ukrainian security agency said it had detained two soldiers along the administrative border with the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula, and accused them of being deserters from the Ukrainian army.
The announcement November 21 came just two days after a similar claim was made by Russian officials about men it accused of being Ukrainian saboteurs. Together, the claims and counterclaims added to the swirl of accusations by both Moscow and Kyiv.
The Ukrainian security agency, known as the SBU, was quoted as telling Interfax that two men had been detained after crossing the border into Ukraine, at Chonhar.
The agency said the …read more