Ukraine president spurns 'Moscow scenario' for Crimea

KIEV: Ukraine refuses to follow "a scenario written by the Kremlin" but will not intervene militarily in Crimea, acting president Oleksandr Turchynov told Agence France-Presse in an exclusive interview as his country sank deeper into crisis.

With the strategic Black Sea peninsula threatening to secede from Ukraine, Turchynov said Kiev would not launch a military operation in the southeastern region, where Russian-backed forces have seized de facto control, because it would risk exposing its eastern border.