European leaders lashed out at Russia on Saturday, as Moscow moved to deploy troops in Ukraine’s pro-Russian region of Crimea. A range of EU officials — from Britain and Finland to Germany, France and Spain, expressing alarm over Moscow’s military plans.

Russian troops took a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Crimea near Russia, Monday, exacerbating fears that Moscow is planning to bring more troops in the strategic region of the Black Sea. Confiscation terminal in the Ukrainian city of Kerch about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the boat to …

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday called for a political solution to the ongoing tension in Ukraine, the Crimea as the epicenter. “France is deeply concerned by reports of the Crimea, which demonstrate significant movements of the armed forces,” Fabius said in a statement.