US ambassador to the OSCE: Russia is building up its military power in Crimea
Russia continues to increase military force in the Crimea by expanding military bases and rebuilding the destroyed soviet infrastructure. This was announced on November 10 at the OSCE Permanent Council conference in Vienna by the US representative to the Organization, Ambassador Daniel Baer, the website of the US Mission to the OSCE reports.
"We once again draw the attention of the Permanent Council to the occupation and the attempts to annex the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by Russia. Russia is increasing its military presence in the Crimea, restoring the soviet infrastructure, such as Dnepr radar (radio-locating station), expanding its bases and stationing more and more troops on Ukrainian territory,” the representative of the United States stressed.
He noted that this was an external build-up of forces on the Ukrainian peninsula, "which is happening without the consent of Ukraine, in violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity."
The US representative to the OSCE also expressed deep concern over new cases of human rights violations in the Crimea.
"This week, another six Crimean Tatars were sent to a forced psychiatric examination because of their protests against the Russian occupation,” Baer explained.