December 17,
2018 (Deutsche Welle) The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday said it would
"return" more than 10 warplanes to Crimea, according to Russian news
agency Interfax. The ministry said fighter jets, including Sukhoi Su-27 and
Su-30's, will be sent to the annexed Ukrainian territory as part of a
"permanent deployment." They are expected to arrive by Saturday. The
announcement comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed in an
interview that Ukraine was preparing an "armed provocation with Russia on
the border with Crimea during the last ten days of December."
Russia's SU-27 fight jet is one of
the types of warplanes headed to Crimea
In comments carried by the state-run
TASS news agency, Lavrov said Moscow would not allow the Ukrainian government
to act on those plans, saying "they will regret it." But he also said
that Russia "will not wage war against Ukraine." "We are not
fighting the Ukrainian regime," Lavrov said. "It is Ukrainian
citizens living in Donbass who are fighting against the Ukrainian regime, which
has full Nazi and neo-Nazi characteristics." Last month, Russian warships
captured three Ukrainian naval vessels as they crossed through the strategic
Kerch Strait, detaining 24 sailors on board. Russian authorities accused the
Ukrainian vessels of military provocations.
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