Attempts to destabilize the situation in Crimea will be met with stringent measures, Crimean leader Sergey Aksyonov said after the announcement of foiled terrorist and diversionary plots Wednesday, reaffirming the safety of the peninsula’s residents and visitors, Sputnik reports.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said earlieron Wednesday it had dismantled a spy ring organized by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Crimea, detaining both Russian and Ukrainian nationals involved in preparing terrorist attacks on the peninsula.
"Any attempt to destabilize the socio-political situation in the Republic of Crimea, wherever they may come from, will continue to be suppressed with maximum toughness," Aksyonov wrote on his Facebook page.
