Russian servicemen are preparing to install air defense systems on the Crimean peninsula, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis has said.
“According to the Ministry of Defense and law enforcement agencies, during last 24 hours the situation in the Crimea was characterized by further enforcement of the military alignments of Russian Armed Forces on the Crimean territory and by Russian troops preparing to install air defense systems on the peninsula territory, which includes the use of air defense missile battalions of Ukrainian Armed Forces that are being planned to be taken over [by Russians],” Perebyinis said during the briefing on Friday.
According to him, blocking of the military bases and detachments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and State Border Guard Service is ongoing. Besides, the work of OSCE representatives and journalists on the peninsula is still being obstructed.
