"Witnesses report that large groups of Russian military hardware have been massed near Armyansk and Dzhankoy. Dzhankoy has been cordoned off by troops with tanks and other equipment," Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Mejlis Nariman Dzhelalov wrote on Facebook on Sunday. According to earlier reports, the occupying authorities in Crimea blocked the checkpoints at the administrative border with mainland Ukraine on Sunday morning.
UNIAN: Russia massing tanks near Crimean town of Dzhankoy
Kremlin-backed separatists ride tanks in Donetsk during the May 9 Victory Day parade. (AFP)
