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Russia has no evidence of its claims that it prevented an armed incursion into Crimea, a NATO official has told the IBTimes UK as tensions mount between Moscow and Kiev. NATO said it noted Ukraine had strongly rejected Russia's accusations that Ukraine was preparing "terrorist acts" on the disputed peninsula and made clear that Kyiv is devoted to restoring its territorial integrity exclusively through political and diplomatic means.

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