Excerpt: "The Russian FSB resorted to another provocation, reporting the detention of an 'agent' of the SBU in Crimea," the statement said.
"We believe that such fake news is needed by the Russian special services to intimidate the population of the peninsula, which increasingly expresses its discontent with the occupation authorities. Against the background of worsening life of Crimeans, the FSB once again launches a 'worn out record,' trying to accuse Ukraine and its law enforcement agencies of its own troubles and problems in Crimea," the SBU said.
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
Russian journalist deported over "national security" concerns:
By RFE/RL
Ukrainian authorities have deported Russian journalist Tamara Nersesian over national security concerns.
Olena Hitlyanska, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), wrote on Facebook on August 15 that "Russian propagandist" Nersesian had been deported overnight and barred from entering Ukraine for three years.
Russia's Rossia-24 television channel reported earlier on August 15 that Nersesian, who works for the channel, was deported after being questioned at the SBU.
Kyiv has banned more than a dozen Russian television channels since 2014, accusing them of spreading war propaganda.
Russian-Ukrainian relations soured after street protests in Kyiv toppled Ukraine's then-President Viktor Yanukovych, a Kremlin ally, in February 2014.
Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and threw its support behind separatists in the country’s east in a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014. (w/RIA Novosti, UNIAN)
Recent images from the Kerch Strait show work moving apace to connect Russia with the annexed Crimean Peninsula. (click image for photo gallery)
