Farmers in the provincial Russian region of Kuban angry at confiscation of their land have started a convoy of tractors and cars and set off to “march on Moscow.”
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four wounded, and 49 attacks have been made on Ukrainian positions today. An Ukrainian officer reports from Shirokino.
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Russian Defense MInister Sergei Shogu has claimed that Russia’s actions prevent NATO from striking Syria with 624 cruise missiles, even as Russia asked Iran and Iraq for permission to send cruise missiles over their territories.
Russia is not planning to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavovr said today in Yekaterinburg.
Ukrainian news sites have come up with the name of the Russian soldier reportedly killed in the clash on the night of August 6-7 on the border of Russian-occupied Crimea and the Ukrainian mainland.
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The Russian and Ukrainian media are avidly investigating the claims made by Russia’s Federal Security Service regarding two alleged Crimean border clashes. The opinion is that war will escalate due to the Kremlin’s vow to respond to the clashes and other factors.
