Ukraine to Initiate UNSC Talks on Crimea After Alleged Kiev-Led Sabotage Foiled

Ukraine will initiate consultations at the UN Security Council following the latest events in Crimea, the country’s permanent mission to the United Nations said Thursday.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday it had dismantled a spy ring in Crimea organized by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, which was plotting acts of sabotage on "critical and life-supporting elements of the peninsula's infrastructure.

"Ukraine requested for consultations today on Russian latest provocations in temporarily occupied Crimea," the mission said in an English-language post on its Twitter account.

Russian and Ukrainian nationals involved in preparing terrorist attacks have been detained following a sweeping FSB operation on the peninsula in which two Russian servicemen died. President Vladimir Putin accused Kiev of resorting to terrorism instead of being focused on political settlement in Ukraine.

Crimea became part of Russia after almost 97 percent of those who voted in a local referendum on the issue in 2014 supported the move.
 [sputniknews.com]
11/8/16
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