Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, declared that Crimea had been fully integrated into Russia. Until 2016 these new subjects were grouped in the Crimean Federal District. On 8 August 2016, Ukraine reported that Russia had increased its military presence along the demarcation line. In response to this military buildup Ukraine also deployed more troops and resources closer to the border with Crimea. The Pentagon has downplayed a Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling Russian troops along the border a regular military exercise. On 10 August, Russia claimed two servicemen were killed in clashes with Ukrainian commandos, and that Ukrainian servicemen had been
Prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea the date of Crimean occupation by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . Because of the occupation of the peninsula by Russian Federation the prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was temporarily relocated to Kyiv. In Ukraine, there was an "unconstitutional seizure of power by radical nationalists with the support of armed gangs," and in this situation, the Supreme Council "assumes full responsibility for the fate of the Crimea." The Parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea adopted a decision to hold a referendum in Crimea on "matters of improving the status and powers" of the region, which was