Russia Accuses Kyiv Of Plotting 'Terror' In Crimea; Ukraine Denounces Moscow's 'Fantasies'

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Source: RFE/RL

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lashed out Ukraine, accusing the government of "terror" after the Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed that Kyiv tried to send saboteurs into Crimea and that a soldier and an FSB officer were killed thwarting the alleged armed raids.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected the Russian claims, which followed an increase in Russian military activity in the northern part of Crimea near the border with mainland Ukraine, as "fantasies" and "provocation."

The Russian claims added to tension between Moscow and Kyiv, already on the rise following an upsurge in fighting in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

"This is very alarming news," Putin said on August 10. "In fact, our security services prevented an incursion into the territory by a sabotage-reconnaissance group from Ukraine's Defense Ministry."

Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/crimea-fsb-ukraine-incursion/27912985.html

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1. I would never

believe anything Putin says.

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2. Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea

Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilize annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula.

Russia's FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside Crimea. Kiev denied the assertions, calling them an attempt by Moscow to create an excuse to escalate towards a war.

The Russian president accused Kiev of playing a dangerous game and said he saw no point in holding a new round of talks about the troubled peace process in eastern Ukraine on the sidelines of a G20 summit in China next month.

"The people who seized power in Kiev ... have switched to terror tactics instead of searching for ways for a peaceful settlement," Putin told a news conference, saying Russia would not let such actions pass without a response.

"The attempt to provoke an outbreak of violence, to provoke a conflict is nothing other than a desire to distract (Ukrainian) society from its problems," he added, calling Ukraine's actions "criminal."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-crimea-attack-idUSKCN10L1EE

Crimea is gone, after seeing the civilian death toll in eastern Ukraine, the civilians in Crimea want nothing to do with the current Ukrainian government. Who can blame them?

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3. Russia announces Black Sea war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot

Source: Reuters

Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:43pm EDT

Russia announces war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot

MOSCOW | BY ANDREW OSBORN

Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea, a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine of trying to provoke a conflict over Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed in 2014.

The belligerent posture heightened worries in Ukraine that Russia may plan to ramp up fighting in a war between Kiev and pro-Russian eastern separatists that had been de-escalated by a shaky peace process.

Using some of his most aggressive rhetoric against Kiev since the height of the war two years ago, Putin has pledged to take counter-measures against Ukraine, which he accused of sending saboteurs into Crimea to carry out terrorist acts.

Ukraine has called the accusations false and says they look like a pretext for Russia to escalate hostilities. Such an escalation could be used by Putin to demand better terms in the Ukraine peace process, or to inflame nationalist passions at home ahead of Russian parliamentary elections next month.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-idUSKCN10M1LN

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4. Putin is a dangerous liar

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