Sevastopol, Crimea — Senior Ukrainian officials planned to travel to Crimea on Wednesday in a bid to avert an escalation in hostilities, a day after two men were killed at a military facility in a gunbattle between Ukrainian troops and a militia loyal to the local government. The prime minister in Crimea, which was nominally incorporated into Russia on Tuesday, said Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and defense minister would be turned back, however.
The Washington Post: Ukraine officials plan Crimea trip to halt tension
Senior Ukrainian officials planned to travel to Crimea on Wednesday in a bid to avert an escalation in hostilities.
