Moscow and Kiev are on the brink of conflict following last month’s overthrow of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych and subsequent dispute over the fate of Crimea, previously an autonomous republic within Ukraine with a Russian ethnic majority.
Crimea signed a reunification treaty with Moscow on Tuesday following a referendum Sunday in which some 96.7 percent of voters backed joining Russia after 60 years as part of Ukraine.
The head of the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Parubiy, said the council instructed the Interior and Defense ministries to put Ukrainian armed forces on full combat alert.
He also said his country would introduce visa regime for Russian citizens over the Crimea standoff. Previously, a domestic ID was enough to cross the border.
- A source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow has not yet been officially informed about the introduction of visas.
"Normally, a formal notification is sent to inform about interstate matters of this kind, a decision of an internal structure is not enough. So we will wait,” he said.
When asked about possible introduction of visas for Ukrainians as a retaliatory measure, the diplomat said that any decisions will be made only after Moscow is formally informed about the move via diplomatic channels.
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ReplyDeleteKiev a discrètement!!!!!!!!!! renforcé son dispositif militaire dans l’est de l’Ukraine afin de dissuader toute intervention militaire de Moscou dans ces régions secouées par de virulents mouvements sécessionnistes pro-russes.
Les premiers blocs de béton massifs ont fait leur apparition au poste-frontière de Novoazovsk le 16 mars dernier, le jour même où la Crimée votait massivement son rattachement à la Russie. Ironie de l’histoire, certains de ces tétrapodes ramenés à la va-vite pour bloquer la route sont recouverts de peinture à la gloire des tankistes soviétiques de la seconde guerre mondiale.
"Nous sommes prêts à toute éventualité", déclare à FRANCE 24 Igor Lisagoub, capitaine au sein du corps de gardes-frontières ukrainiens. Mais, sans armes lourdes ni renforts militaires, la petite dizaine de soldats postés ici seraient complètement impuissants face à une attaque russe.............http://www.france24.com/fr/20140321-ukraine-est-militaires-premaration-intervention-armee-russie-moscou-crimee-reportage/
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