Ukrainian Defense Ministry: 12 Trucks Full Of Russian Troops Crossed Into Eastern Crimean City Of Kerch From Russia

CNN – The United Nations Security Council held a meeting Monday to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. Here are the latest developments:

– Russian troops are mobilizing in Ukraine in response to an “imaginary threat,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said Monday. “Russian military action is not a human rights protection mission, it is a violation of international law,” Power said.

– Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations said Russia’s aim in Ukraine is to stop radical extremists who are destabilizing the country. “We’re talking about defending our citizens and our compatriots, on defending the most important human right, the right to life,” Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said.

Meanwhile, in Crimea, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told CNN on Monday that up to 12 trucks full of Russian troops have crossed into the eastern Crimean city of Kerch from Russia.

Additionally, Ukrainian Border Service Assistant Chief Colonel Sergei Astakhov described Russian troop movements by ferry from Russia across the Strait of Kerch in a phone conversation. Astakhov said the first two ferries carrying armed men were navigating towards the ferry dock and border post in Kerch. As the ferries approached the port, 10 heavily armed troops from the Russian Black Sea Fleet attacked the border post from land and used force to overwhelm the Ukrainian border guards, Astakhov said.

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