Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Russia deployed more than 10 fighter jets to the Crimean peninsula on Monday amid ongoing tensions with Ukraine, Russia's Ministry of Defense said.
Russia deployed the Sukhoi SU-27 and SU-30 fighter jets to the peninsula, which Russia annexed from the Ukraine in 2014, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Ukraine is planning "a provocation" there before the end of the year.