The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine alerts about provocations in Crimea

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has called the provocative information about the sabotage and reconnaissance force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the occupied Crimea that lead to the losses and the victims among the Russian soldiers.

The General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine spokesperson Vladislav Seleznev informed Krim.Realia (Crimea.Realia) about it commenting the tense situation appeared on August, 7, near the administrative border of Crimea.

«All announcements from the Russian side about the sabotage and reconnaissance force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the occupied Crimea have the provocative character and don’t correspond to the facts?» – stated he.

 According to the Seleznev, the Ukrainian military «follow the planned procedures and regime only».

By the way he confirmed the information about the serious Russian military team presence in Crimea.

«We know that the massive play war «Northern Caucasus – 2016» will be started within days on a territory of the South federal region in Russia. Thus, it is possible that the definite force and weapon dislocation changing of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is taking place within those play wars», − informed Seleznev.

He had added that the Ukrainian militaries «watch attentively all processes occurred on the occupied territory of Crimea” to “react adequately to all aggressive actions of Russia toward Ukraine».

To remind some facts, early in the morning on August, 7, around 7 a.m. the Russian occupational authorities stopped the passing procedures of citizens and the transport vehicles on some unknown reasons on the administrative border with the continental Ukraine. Consequently, the Ukrainian customs and border officers had to stop their work at own checkpoint area, too. Later, in Crimea at 10.50 there had been renewed the working process of the customs and border checkpoint in a direction to «Chongar», at 14.30 people were allowed to enter Crimea at «Kalanchak» and «Chaplinka» areas.