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‘War crime’ as Russians kill soldier
A UKRANIAN soldier was shot dead in Crimea yesterday as tensions with Russia boiled over into violence. The officer died from his wounds after being shot in the neck at a military base on the outskirts of the territory’s capital Simferopol. There were mounting fears last night the escalation could lead to war, with interim Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk describing the attack as a Russian war crime. He also authorised his servicemen to use weapons ‘to defend their lives’ and said the conflict had ‘moved from the political to the military stage’. A military spokesman said another solider at the base had been injured
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by DANIEL BINNS
while the rest had all been arrested. It is the first army death in the conflict since Russian troops surrounded military bases in Crimea when they invaded last month. Only hours earlier, a defiant Vladimir Putin officially declared Crimea part of Russia as his officials mocked Western-imposed sanctions as ‘insignificant’. The Russian president signed a treaty confirming the move a day after 97 per cent of voters in the peninsula backed plans to formally split from the rest of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the USA and EU contin-
ued their tough talk against Moscow and vowed further punishment following their announcement on Monday of travel bans and asset freezes against 29 influential Russians. But the threats were laughed off in Moscow, with some even describing the sanctions as a badge of honour. Duma member Sergei Mironov, who is on the EU sanctions list, said: ‘It’s funny that they’re freezing accounts… I have no accounts. Let them impose whatever sanctions they like.’ In a Kremlin speech, Mr Putin accused the West of hypocrisy for ‘suddenly remembering’ international law
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