Russia plans to take "exhaustive measures" against Ukraine in response to what it called an attempted terrorist attack in the annexed Crimean peninsula earlier this month, but will not go as far as suspending diplomatic relations with Kyiv, the country's foreign minister said on August 15.
Financial Times: Russia pledges to take ‘exhaustive measures’ against Ukraine
(FILES) Members of the Russian forces stand guard at the gateway of Ukrainian unit in the small Crimean city of Kerch on March 4, 2014.