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Deutsche Welle: Putin criticizes Ukrainian government ‘sabotage’ attempt during visit to Crimea

By Deutsche Welle.

Published Aug. 19, 2016 at 8:45 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) chairs a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation at the Belbek airport near the Black sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, on August 19, 2016.

Photo by AFP

The Russian president on August 19 chaired a meeting of his security council in the Black Sea peninsula, his fifth visit to the territory since Moscow annexed it from Ukraine in 2014.

While meeting to discuss additional security measures as conflict continues to flare in eastern Ukraine, Putin also took the time to criticize Kyiv, accusing the government of incursion.