Putinsky terrorium

Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of getting on the path of terror, reports TASS. So the head of the Russian state commented on the FSB message about the terrorist attacks and sabotage prevented by the special service in the annexed Crimea, which were allegedly prepared by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The actions of Ukraine are "stupid" and "criminal", Putin noted. He assured that he would not disregard the death of the two Russian security forces, which the special service stated.

Putin explained the meaning of the shares allegedly preparing Kiev by the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to distract attention from the internal problems of the country.

The Russian leader called on the United States, if they are interested in resolving the Ukrainian issue, put pressure on Kyiv. “I think it is already obvious to everyone that today's Kyiv authorities are not looking for ways to solve problems through negotiations, but go to terror,” Putin emphasized.

He also noticed that in the light of information about the prepared terrorist attacks and sabotage of the meeting in the Norman format they lose their meaning.

The FSB message appeared on Wednesday after lunch . The objects of sabotage and terrorist attacks, according to the special services, were to become “critical elements of the infrastructure and life support of the peninsula”, and the task was “destabilizing the socio-political situation in the region during the preparation and conduct of the elections of federal and regional authorities”.

On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the security forces said, in the Armyansk area located near the Crimea border with continental Ukraine, the FSB found a group of saboteurs. A battle ensued, during which one Russian security official was killed. It was stated that at the site of the shootout they found 20 homemade bombs with a total capacity of more than 40 kilograms in TNT equivalent, mines, grenades and other ammunition, as well as some kind of special weapons, which is in service with the special forces of the Ukrainian army.

The FSB also announced the disclosure of the Ukrainian GUR agent network in Crimea. The detained citizens of Ukraine and Russia, who are charged with assistance in the preparation of terrorist attacks, give, according to the special services, confessions. Recalcities, continued by the FSB, gives GUR employee Yevgeny Panov, a 39-year-old resident of the Zaporizhzhya region. His Russian security forces called one of the organizers of prevented terrorist attacks.

Meanwhile, on Monday night, the statement further said, Ukrainian sabotage-terrorist groups made two more attempts to break through the annexed peninsula under the cover of massive fire from the continent and Ukrainian armored vehicles. However, the FSB, along with other power structures, stopped both attempts. At the same time, the Russian military died in the battle.

FSB in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol opened a case on the fact of incidents, the special service also said. The security forces did not specify the qualifications of the case. It was reported about "additional operational measures and investigative actions."

Safety measures have been strengthened on the peninsula, in particular, the protection of infrastructure facilities, and the regime on the border with the continental Ukraine is tightened, concluded the FSB.

The press secretary of the Ukrainian General Staff Vladislav Seleznev called the statement of the Russian special services a provocation. He recalled that in the morning of August 7, when it became known about the problems on the border of Crimea and the continent, reports about the penetration of Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups on the peninsula began to spread on social networks. The Ministry of Defense of the country immediately denied this information, saying that Ukrainian troops were completing tasks in a planned manner.

“Four days of the FSB was waiting, now information appeared that distributed on social networks,” the General Staff spokesman added. Meanwhile, he continued, the representative of the GUR Vladimir Skibitsky on Tuesday, announced the large -scale anti -terrorist exercises of the FSB in the annexed peninsula. It is possible that the message of the Russian special services is part of the information support of these teachings, Seleznev concluded.

In turn, the chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov regarded this message as "covering the FSB of Russia committed or planned by them in the territory of Crimea crimes." "In the second case, perhaps the provocation begun may serve to justify more large -scale aggressive actions in relation to Ukraine from Russia," the politician added.

On the morning of August 7, it became known that the North Crimean city of Dzhanka was surrounded by Russian tanks . The concentration of a large number of military equipment in the Armyansk area was also reported.

In various areas of Crimea, many checkpoints were deployed, on which machine gunners were on duty. As part of the Interception plan, the security forces stopped the cars and arranged checks. They motivated their actions with a certain “breakthrough on the border” with continental Ukraine.

Prochrevskaya "Komsomolskaya Pravda - Crimea" passed that the day before, the Ukrainian DRG tried to penetrate the peninsula and in the Armyansk area was heard. In turn, the Avdet, loyal to the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, reported a night shooting in Yana -Kapu (formerly Krasnoperekopsk) - a city several kilometers south of Armenian. It was claimed that as a result of the incident, one person died and three were injured.

Around 7 am Sunday, Russian security forces stopped passing citizens and cars in both directions in all three checkpoints operating on the Crimean border and continental Ukraine without explanation. Later, the pass was resumed, but only partially.

On August 8, information appeared that the Internet was disconnected in Dzhankoy . It was argued that the network would not be available for about a day "for technical reasons." There were reports that the Internet was blocked in other areas of Northern Crimea.

Meanwhile, the annexed Crimea police sent the orientation to the five Russian military, presumably from the FSB troops, looking for on suspicion of a certain serious crime.

On Monday night, citizens who were waiting for the queues on the border said, shooting was heard from the Crimea. Ukrainian border guards periodically launched signal missiles. The drivers demanded to close the doors of the cars and turn off the light.

In different parts of the peninsula, the movements of military equipment were recorded, including the Bastion and Iskander missile systems. The Kerch ferry crossing actually worked only on the transportation of military equipment from the Russian Kuban. The administration urged citizens to refrain from traveling through the Kerch Strait on August 7-9, referring to the overload of ferries.

In the morning on Wednesday, the State Border Service of Ukraine announced the resumption of movement in both directions through all three checkpoints - Chongar, Chaplynka and Kalanchak - operating on the border of the continental part of the country with the Crimea. At the same time, the border was still fixed by the high activity of the Russian military.