'Kiev has turned to terrorism': Putin on foiled sabotage plot in Crimea
August 10, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Aleksey Nikolskyi / Sputnik
Kiev has turned to the "practice of terrorism" instead of trying to peacefully resolve Ukraine's crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in commenting on an FSB report that it had foiled terrorist attacks in Crimea plotted by Ukrainian intelligence.
Ukraine is "playing a dangerous game," the Russian leader said when talking to reporters on Wednesday, while calling Kiev's actions "stupid and criminal."
Moscow cannot turn a blind eye to the deaths of its servicemen who were killed during special operations to prevent terrorist attacks in Crimea, Putin said.
Read more: Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. © Sputnik Russian
FSB foils terrorist attacks plotted by Ukrainian intel agents in Crimea
Given that the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (HUR MOU) was allegedly behind the thwarted terrorist attacks in Crimea, it is "pointless" to meet with Ukraine's current authorities to seek a solution to the country's crisis, Putin said.
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany were to meet in the so-called "Normandy format" to discuss the peace process in Ukraine on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 in China.
However, Kiev has demonstrated that it's not interested in peaceful negotiations, the Russian president told reporters, adding that he would like to address the matter with Moscow's American and European partners as well.
"I think it's obvious that Kiev's current authorities are not seeking for ways to solve problems through negotiations, but have turned to terrorism," Putin said, adding that this new development is rather alarming.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Wednesday it had discovered a group of infiltrators in Crimea close to the Ukrainian border. Explosive devices and ammunition used by the Ukrainian Army's special forces were discovered at the scene, while more attempts by Ukrainian raiding and terrorist groups to break through had been prevented by Russian forces this week, the FSB said.
Kiev refuted the FSB report of a foiled terrorist plot, and instead accused Moscow of provocation.
Stating that Ukraine "condemns terrorism in all its forms," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko refuted accusations that Kiev's military had been plotting to organize attacks on the Russian peninsula. Having called Moscow's FSB reports "senseless and cynical," the Ukrainian leader said Kiev is "committed" to bring back Crimea through "political and diplomatic means."
Blaming the "escalation" on Russia, Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Twitter that Moscow "tests West's reaction."
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Foreign mercs arrive to Crimean borders under the cover of NATO Sea Breeze exercises
August 10, 2016
Politnavigator
Translated from Russian by Kristina Kharlova
Sea Breeze exercises were used to transfer foreign mercenaries to the border of Crimea
Ukraine and NATO's Sea Breeze exercises in the Black Sea became a smokescreen to smuggle foreign mercenaries to Odessa and Kherson region, said former people's deputy Aleksey Zhuravko on air of program "Pravda."
According to him, such actions are directed against Russia and are a preparation for war.
"Why do you think today, so many mercenaries came to the territory of Ukraine? It's no secret that in Nikolaev, Odessa region there are Poles, Hungarians and Americans. This was all done for 'Sea Breeze', but, in fact, a springboard is prepared for war against Russia. When they realized that they lost Crimea, immediately understood what is behind it. Of course, while it's still hot, they want to spin the wheel of war. And this wheel will continue to spin," - said Zhuravko.
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Source: Russia Insider
August 11, 2016
Ukrainian Terror Squads Break Through Crimean Border, Liquidated by FSB (Video)
Groups of heavily armed terrorist infiltrators from Ukraine were defeated by Russian forces after the invaders were reported by locals. Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a statement (below)
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented terrorist attacks in Crimea that were planned by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's intelligence agency, the FSB said.
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (HUR MOU) was preparing to target the Russian peninsula's critical infrastructure, the FSB announced on Wednesday.
The infiltrators also planned to blow up a highway in the region at the time motorcades with local officials and federal authorities would have been driving through it, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported.
A group of infiltrators was discovered near the town of Armyansk in northern Crimea near the Ukrainian border in a special FSB operation over the weekend, the agency said, adding that fire was exchanged as the terrorists were being apprehended.
FSB received a warning from Armyansk locals, who had reported on some suspicious people in military uniforms in their town, Rossiyskaya Gazeta said. Having responded to the call, an FSB task group detected some 20 people in the area, who were loading explosives and weapons from their hideout. Once the suspects noticed the Russian security forces, they immediately opened fire, shooting to kill, the newspaper said.
One FSB officer was killed, while at least one infiltrator was shot dead and several others injured when the officers returned fire.
Twenty home-made explosive devices equivalent to more than 40 kilos of TNT, as well as ammunition, shells, and other weapons used by the Ukrainian Army's special forces were discovered at the scene.
Two more attempts by Ukrainian raiding and terrorist groups to breakthrough were prevented by Russian forces on Monday. Kiev's armored vehicles provided covering fire for the groups from the Ukrainian side, the FSB said, adding that one Russian serviceman had been killed in that operation.
The suspected Kiev agents attempted to cross the border through a swamped lake of Sivash, Rossiyskaya Gazeta explained, saying that all overland areas connecting the peninsula to the mainland are thoroughly guarded by Russian border officers.
A network of agents from Ukraine's chief intelligence directorate has been uncovered in Crimea, according to the FSB, which said it included both Ukrainian and Russian citizens that provided assistance in preparing terrorist acts.
Those suspects employed by Ukrainian intelligence are now giving their confessions, the FSB reported, adding that the captured group includes one of the organizers.
A criminal case has been opened and additional covert and investigative activities are being conducted in the region.
The thwarted acts of sabotage and terrorism were aimed at destabilizing the social and political situation on the peninsula ahead of both local and federal elections, the FSB said in its statement.
Ukraine's General Staff has said the reports of groups raiding Crimea are provocations.
A Ukrainian defense intelligence spokesman refuted the FSB report, telling Reuters that the information was "fake."
Meanwhile, security in the region has been tightened due to the discovery, the FSB announced, saying that additional security arrangements have been made near major infrastructure objects, in crowded places, and on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
Last year, electricity supplies to Crimea were cut off after a group supposedly led by several Ukrainian politicians used explosives to down a pylon in Ukraine's Kherson Region. Radicals from the extreme Right Sector Ukrainian nationalist group and representatives of Crimean Tatar nationalist organizations continuously blocked attempts to restore the power line.
READ MORE: Crimea launches sabotage case against organizers of blackout
About two million Crimean residents were left partially or completely without power, prompting the Crimean Republic's authorities to pass an address on to the United Nations, asking it to recognize Ukraine's "energy blockade" of the peninsula as violation of basic Human Rights and genocide.
Vladimir Putin made the following comments regarding the attempted Ukrainian terror attacks in Crimea:
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