Guardian Live-BLOG
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/ukraine-crisis-fatal-clashes-as-tensions-rise-before-crimea-vote-live
14:44
We now have a report from Reuters on the confrontation between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine's military scrambled aircraft and paratroops on Saturday to repel an attempt by Russian forces to enter a long spit of land belonging to a region adjacent to Crimea, Ukraine's defence ministry said.
"Units of Ukraine's armed forces today...repelled an attempt by servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to enter the territory of Kherson region on Arbatskaya Strelka," a ministry statement said. "This was repelled immediately."
It said the Ukrainian military used aircraft, ground forces and its aeromobile battalion in the operation. The territory in question is a long spit of land running parallel to the east of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, now controlled by Russian forces.
14:37
Unian news agency that Russian helicopters landed near a gas distribution centre in Arbatskaya in the Kherson area. Russian troops set up checkpoints and stopped cars.
The agency reports that Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers, loaded with paratroopers moved to intercept the Russians. They have yet to report what happened next.
Updated at 2.45pm GMT
14:22
The defence ministry could be referring to this incident in Kherson which is adjacent to Crimea.
Euromaidan PR
@EuromaidanPR
#Ukraine borderGuardService informed that In #Kherson oblast 60 #russian servicemen landed from 4helicopters at1pm&another60landed at3:30pm
10:06 AM - 15 Mar 2014
14:19
Reuters have just snapped this
UKRAINIAN MILITARY REPELS ATTEMPT BY RUSSIAN FORCES TO ENTER REGION ADJACENT TO CRIMEA-UKRAINE'S DEFENCE MINISTRY
InfoUkes Inc. Gerald William Kokodyniak
Suite 185, 3044 Bloor Street West Webmaster InfoUkes Inc.
Etobicoke, Ontario [email protected]
Canada M8X 2Y8 http://www.infoukes.com/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Apr 01 2014 - 00:58:16 EST