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title: "Russia says foiled Crimea 'terrorist attacks' by Kiev"
description: "Russia's security service on Wednesday said it had thwarted \"terrorist attacks\" in Crimea by Ukrainian military intelligence and beaten back an armed assault by Kiev's forces."
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# Russia says foiled Crimea 'terrorist attacks' by Kiev

> Russia's security service on Wednesday said it had thwarted "terrorist attacks" in Crimea by Ukrainian military intelligence and beaten back an armed assault by Kiev's forces.

By AFP · Published 10 August 2016, 17:13 SAST

## Content

The FSB said in a statement that one of its agents was killed in armed clashes while arresting "terrorists" on the night of August 6-7 while a Russian soldier was killed in clashes with "sabotage-terrorist" groups sent by the Ukrainian defence ministry on August 8.

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