 Ukraine says Russia fortifying coastline in Crimea. Ukraine has said that Russia is fortifying its position in the Crimea peninsula, said it annexed in 2014. Ukrainian Defense Minister's chief intelligence directorate said on Thursday that Kremlin was fearing the landing of Ukrainian troops in the peninsula and preparing to prevent such attack. Particularly, a network of mine barriers and trenches is formed along the coast near the village of Molochnyi in Saky district. In addition, the so-called dragon steers, rows of concrete pyramids supposed to stop the advance of heavy equipment are being placed, the agency said. Russia annexed Crimea peninsula in 2014 amid the wake of pro-democracy movement in Ukraine and has been using the region as a launchpad in its fore. It started in the country back in February. In October, Ukraine partially destroys the Kerch Bridge, connecting Crimea to mainland Russia. Ukraine has carried out several other attacks on Crimea since February, including the one on Kyiv-Russia naval port at Sevastopol. Ukraine's other four regions, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Herzog were also illegally annexed to Russia after a sham referendum held in the eastern region back in September.