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| Ukraine crisis: Anti-Russian activist is shot as he tries to cross into Crimea | |
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| A Ukrainian activist was shot – apparently with rubber bullets – when he and others tried to cross into Crimea on Monday to show solidarity with opponents of last week’s Russian military takeover. | A Ukrainian activist was shot – apparently with rubber bullets – when he and others tried to cross into Crimea on Monday to show solidarity with opponents of last week’s Russian military takeover. |
| Ukrainian television showed men in the uniform of the banned Berkut riot police blocking the road south. | Ukrainian television showed men in the uniform of the banned Berkut riot police blocking the road south. |
| One was shown firing twice, hitting a man in the chest. The victim’s injuries appeared minor, suggesting the use of rubber bullets. | One was shown firing twice, hitting a man in the chest. The victim’s injuries appeared minor, suggesting the use of rubber bullets. |
| Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsya said the country considered its confrontation with Moscow to be “almost like a war”. | Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsya said the country considered its confrontation with Moscow to be “almost like a war”. |
| “We have to cope with an aggression that we do not understand,” he said. | “We have to cope with an aggression that we do not understand,” he said. |
| Shots were also reportedly fired into the air as armed men moved into a Ukrainian naval post in Crimea. | Shots were also reportedly fired into the air as armed men moved into a Ukrainian naval post in Crimea. |
| Russia’s Foreign Ministry heightened the tension, saying that “lawlessness” by far-right activists “rules in eastern regions of Ukraine… with the full connivance” of Kiev. | Russia’s Foreign Ministry heightened the tension, saying that “lawlessness” by far-right activists “rules in eastern regions of Ukraine… with the full connivance” of Kiev. |