Russian aggression against Ukraine cannot be characterized as a hybrid war, stated ex-Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Skipalsky. He told the newspaper "Gordon" when commenting on the situation concerning ‘Crimean terrorist actions’ that Russia is attempting to walk away from the Minsk negotiation process. "Russian authorities decided not to wait any longer, thus they tried to charge Ukraine with something and declare their withdrawal from the Minsk process.” …

The website of Russia’s Dozhd TV channel revealed new information about the possible cause of a shootout in the Crimea on the night of the 7th of August.

It was reported that during the shooting in Armyansk, a car with two civilians came under fire. Russia says that the shooting was part of an attempt to detain saboteurs. This was said by a representative of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in the Crimea, Muzafar Fukala, citing witnesses and a friend of the victim, Bakha Aliyev.

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Ukrainian Intelligence is taking all necessary measures to detect the possible preparation of an offensive by Russia. The representative from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Vadim Skibitsky, stated that the Intelligence Office isn’t excluding the threat of an open offensive from the Russian Federation.

“We are not excluding such a threat. Nevertheless, we are implementing all measures to detect the movement and possible preparation for large-scale …