KIEV: Ukraine on Monday halted the delivery of goods to Crimea in a move set to ratchet up tensions with Russia, with the annexed peninsula already reeling after explosions on power lines left some 1.6 million people without electricity.
Kiev has also threatened a tit-for-tat ban on food imports from Russia in a dispute connected to a free trade agreement between Kiev and the EU that is set to come into force from January, while the interior minister has suggested cutting off power to Crimea totally.
The new spike in tensions between Moscow and Kiev — which have been at daggers drawn …read more
Source: The Manila Times
