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Russian Troops Seize Gas Plant Beyond Crimean Border, Ukraine Says
By ANDREW E. KRAMERMARCH 15, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine — Scores of Russian troops that landed by helicopter seized a gas plant just beyond the regional border of Crimea on Saturday, the Ukrainian government said. The action was Russia’s most provocative since its forces took over Crimea two weeks ago.
The latest troop advance came one day before Crimea was set to vote on whether to secede from Ukraine, and it was testing Ukrainian leaders’ resolve to engage Russia’s much more powerful military if it moved beyond Crimea.
By late afternoon, Ukrainian troops were stationed outside the gas plant, which is on a slender sand bar to the east of the Crimean Peninsula, according to Unian, a Ukrainian news service, which quoted the local police. The news agency did not say if shots were fired.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry issued a statement saying that the nation reserved the right to use all necessary measures to stop what it called a “military invasion by Russia.”
Russian Troops Seize Gas Plant Beyond Crimean Border, Ukraine Says
By ANDREW E. KRAMERMARCH 15, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine — Scores of Russian troops that landed by helicopter seized a gas plant just beyond the regional border of Crimea on Saturday, the Ukrainian government said. The action was Russia’s most provocative since its forces took over Crimea two weeks ago.
The latest troop advance came one day before Crimea was set to vote on whether to secede from Ukraine, and it was testing Ukrainian leaders’ resolve to engage Russia’s much more powerful military if it moved beyond Crimea.
By late afternoon, Ukrainian troops were stationed outside the gas plant, which is on a slender sand bar to the east of the Crimean Peninsula, according to Unian, a Ukrainian news service, which quoted the local police. The news agency did not say if shots were fired.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry issued a statement saying that the nation reserved the right to use all necessary measures to stop what it called a “military invasion by Russia.”
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Date: 2014-03-15 07:49 pm (UTC)"Около 13:00 была прекращена подача газа на полуострове со стороны газораспределительной станции в районе населенного пункта Стрелковая", - сообщили в правительстве. В нескольких районах восточной части Крыма расположено множество социальных объектов: больниц, поликлиник, школ и жилых домов, которые были полностью лишены газоснабжения и отопления.
"Сотрудники, обеспечивавшие работу газораспределительной станции, в сопровождении сил самообороны Крыма выдвинулись в район станции, где обнаружили вооруженную группу людей численностью около 20 человек в камуфлированной форме", - уточнили в правительстве Крыма. "Эти люди минировали данный объект с целью его полного вывода из строя", - добавили в кабинете министров.
"Увидев подразделения сил самообороны Крыма, неизвестные лица скрылись на легковых автомобилях в направлении Стрелковой", - уточнили в правительстве.
По словам представителя властей, "в настоящее время специалистами восстановлено газоснабжение полуострова в полном объеме". "Газораспределительная станция взята под контроль силами самообороны Крыма с целью пресечения в ближайшее время подобных провокаций", - сообщили в правительстве.
http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1049277