Due to the provocative actions of Russia in the
occupied Crimea and escalation of its actions in Donbas, President Petro
Poroshenko has held a meeting with security officials and leadership of the
Foreign Ministry. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief instructed to enhance combat
readiness of the Armed Forces, National Guard, Border Service and Security
Service of Ukraine.
“Special requirements
are set for the border guards in the areas of administrative border with
temporarily occupied Crimea and on the touch line in Donbas,” he said. The Head
of State instructed the National Guard and National Police to enhance the
protection of strategic facilities and infrastructure to prevent possible
terrorist attacks.
The Head of the Security
Service must conduct an emergency meeting of the Anti-Terrorist Center and
convey all the necessary tasks.
The Minister of Defense,
Chief of the General Staff, Head of the Security Service and Foreign Minister
of Ukraine were instructed to carry out meetings with leadership of diplomatic
missions accredited in Ukraine and inform on the developments in the area of
administrative border with Crimea and on the touch line.
The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs must organize phone conversations with leadership of Germany and France
in trilateral Normandy format, request for conversation with U.S. Vice
President and President of the European Council Donald Tusk, as well as
initiate conversation with President of Russia Putin.
Foreign Minister of
Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin must instruct the Head of Ukraine's mission to the UN to
hold consultations in the UN Security Council and inform on the developments in
details. “It is necessary to address the OSCE SMM with a request for maximum
increase of the number of the OSCE observers in the area of administrative
border with Crimea and require the Russian side to provide access to the
institutions in Crimea for the OSCE SMM representatives,” the President said.
The President also
instructed to ensure the opportunity to visit Ukrainian citizens captured in
Crimea for representatives of international human rights organizations and
Commissioner of Ukraine for Human Rights to check the conditions of detention
and protect their interests.
“The MFA and Border
Service should address Ukrainians with a request to refrain from visiting
Crimea due to numerous provocations committed against Ukrainian citizens. It is
also my personal request,” the Head of State noted.
Minister of Foreign
Affairs Pavlo Klimkin noted that the embassies and diplomatic institutions had
clearly outlined Ukraine’s position. The Minister has already conducted a
series of phone conversations. “We will pay special attention to the international
organizations. We have started consultations in the UN Security Council
pursuant to your instruction, but we will also focus on the OSCE, Council of
Europe and European Union,” he said.
Security officials have
instructed on the recent developments in the area of administrative border with
Crimea.
Chief of the Head
Intelligence Division at the Ministry of Defense Valeriy Kondratiuk informed
that an armed clash had taken place between soldiers of the Russian Armed
Forces and border guards of the Federal Security Service of Russia.
In his turn, Head of the
Border Service Viktor Nazarenko informed that four Russian UAVs launched from
Armyansk had been detected on the mainland of Ukraine.
Head of the Security
Service Vasyl Hrytsak noted that the Security Service had already enhanced
combat readiness. “We are now holding sessions of the Anti-Terrorist Center
paying special attention to the protection of critical infrastructure and
watching the activities of a number of persons suspected of involvement in
subversion groups to prevent possible terrorist attacks,” he said.
Chief of the General
Staff Viktor Muzhenko informed that military units of the Armed Forces in the
area of administrative border with the occupied Crimea had enhanced combat
readiness. He called statements on the alleged shelling of the temporarily
occupied Crimea by Ukraine an absurd. “This is complete nonsense. We did not
open fire. It can be confirmed by any military or civilian living there because
shelling sounds can be heard at a considerable distance,” Viktor Muzhenko
noted.
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