Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenic Yatseniuk has warned that Russia and its proxy forces in eastern Ukraine could seek to destabilize the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday with attacks, Reuters reports.
Ukraine is holding its first parliamentary elections since pro-Russia leader Victor Yanukovich was deposed last winter after street protests. Russia responded by annexing the Crimean peninsula earlier this year and backing separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Yatseniuk said security officers must be vigilant this weekend due to the threat of “terrorist acts”:
“It is clear that attempts to destabilize the situation will continue and be provoked by the Russian side. They did not succeed …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
