After Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, Moscow has repeatedly accused Kiev of plotting attacks against the Black Sea peninsula.
Ex-Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Ruslan Balbek claimed that the drone attack would bear similarities to last week's strike on Russian military installations in Syria, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
He said that the that the attack would be portrayed as an act of resistance by members of the Crimean Tatar community, which largely opposed Russia's annexation of the peninsula.
"The saboteurs don't believe in the successful outcome of the attack, the main goal is information noise," he said.
Balbek claimed that he was tipped off about the plan by members of the Ukrainian-based Crimean Tatar community.
"The very fact that this will be claimed a 'Crimean-Tatar resistance operation' should have the effect of an exploding bomb," he said.
Comment: Also See:
- Oliver Stone's documentary 'Ukraine on Fire' now available in English on YouTube (VIDEO)
- Stephen Cohen analyses four years of Ukraine and the myths of Maidan (PODCAST)
- Manufacturing Dissent - The New Culture War
- A new kind of war: Russian journalist and war expert on what they learned in Syria
- Real revolution is the only thing that can save Ukraine from American chaos creation
- The US's war on Russia: A progress report
- MSNBC ignores catastrophic US-backed war on Yemen deflects to fake news instead
Reader Comments
to our Newsletter