Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned European politicians and other foreign nationals that they could be banned from entering Ukraine, if they visit annexed Crimea without Kiev’s permission.
Armed men in military attire, but without specific military marking, seized Crimean public buildings in February 2014 while Ukraine’s pro-European Maidan revolution gripped other parts of the country. Russia has denied that the men were Russian soldiers, as is widely believed, however the forces subsequently helped stage an internationally unrecognized referendum the following March, which saw the peninsula join the territory of the Russian Federation. The mysterious troops currently have both a …read more
Source: Newsweek
