Russia is 'really preparing for defensive actions' in Crimea, Ukraine's military intelligence chief said on Thursday.
Russian forces in the annexed Crimean peninsula could be"preparing for a possible so-called forced evacuation," according to Ukrainian media.
The collection of this information means Russian forces"are probably preparing for a possible so-called forced evacuation," Bariiev said, in a paraphrased readout by Ukrainian outletRussian paramilitaries stand guard outside a military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 6, 2014. Russian forces are"probably preparing for a possible so-called forced evacuation" of residents in Crimea, Ukrainian media has reported.
On Thursday, the head of the Russian-controlled authorities in Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, told Russian state media outlet Tass that"under no circumstances" will Kyiv's forces retake the peninsula. This is because of defensive"measures that are being taken" on Russian President's orders. He added that Kremlin-backed authorities in Crimea were overseeing what state media described as"fortification works on the peninsula.
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