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Ukrainian military movements have been noted near the Crimean administrative border
In the Henichesk district of the Kherson region bordering the annexed Crimea, local residents have observed the movement of Ukrainian military equipment. The residents of the town of Novooleksiyivka reported that military equipment was being transported along the railway tracks.According to the speaker of the Ukrainian General Staff, Vladislav Seleznev, the Ukrainian military continue to strengthen the border with the Crimea with the assistance of people and technology. "We are carrying out …
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Russian FSB claims to have thwarted terrorist attack in Crimea prepared by Ukrainian intelligence
The Russian FSB claims to have thwarted a terrorist attack in the Crimea prepared by Ukrainian military intelligence, TV Dozhd reported. The Russian intelligence service reported that one of its agents was killed in a raid on a premises where homemade bombs, guns, ammunition, mines, and grenades were found.
“As a result of search operations on the night from August 6 to August 7, 2016, a group of saboteurs was discovered near the town of Armyansk in the Crimean Republic. An FSB officer died as …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Separatists received radio-electronic warfare systems from Russia
On August 9, R-330 Zhitel and Leer-3 radio-electronic jamming systems from the Separate Military Unit of Electronic Warfare (Donetsk) of the 1st Army Corps were deployed from Donetsk towards the line of contact in the Donbas, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, a deployment of weapons, military equipment, oil and lubricants was recorded from Russian territory.
According to intelligence, between August 5 and August 7, four rail cars …
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OSCE refuses to say if it will send observers to elections in Crimea
The head of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Jan Petersen, has refused to answer the question of whether the observers will be sent to the occupied Crimea.
As a UNIAN correspondent in Russia reported, at a press conference in Moscow, Petersen said, “We are currently working on where our observers will be sent, so at the moment I'm not going to answer this question... We can't say anything specific about where the observers will be sent," …
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Lavrov: Russia would be open to holding 'Normandy Format' talks on sidelines of G20
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Ukraine offered to hold a regular summit of the “Normandy Four” on the sidelines of the G20 summit, which will be held in Hangzhou, China, in early September.
According to Lavrov, the “Normandy Four” should be responsible for implementing decisions agreed on within the framework of the Normandy format.
“If our German and French partners, as well as the Chinese hosts, agree with Kiev’s proposal to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 …