Border clashesThe FSB said it believed Ukrainian special forces had been planning attacks targeting critical infrastructure. The Russian allegations follow an uptick in Russian military activity in northern Crimea and heavier fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian government troops are battling pro-Russian separatists. Russia's FSB security service said two people were killed in clashes and its forces had dismantled a Ukrainian spy network inside Crimea. Security had been beefed up in areas popular with tourists, at key infrastructure and along the Crimea border, the FSB said. Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilise annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 10, 2016 20:15 UTC