On Sunday, Russia captured three Ukrainian naval ships and 23 crew members off the coast of Crimea. Ukraine claimed Russia violated law on the grounds that Crimea belongs to it, and also because treaty between Russia and Ukraine upholds unimpeded access to Kerch Strait.. ..…
In this image taken from video released by Russia's Federal Security Service taken from Russian Coast Guard vessel purporting to show incident between Russian coast guard and Ukrainian tugboat, in Kerch Strait on Sunday Nov 25, 2018. ..…
But why would Kiev take such a dramatic move now, five years after declaring itself at war with Russia? ... Western headlines are once again sounding with warnings about “Russian aggression” after Russian ships opened fire on three Ukrainian military vessels attempting to cross the..…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked lawmakers Kiev to institute law, something the country has not done even during the worst of the in the east that killed about 10,000 people.. ... Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's first permanent to United Nations, told Security Council the incident..…
Sunday's crisis is the culmination of months of Russia ratcheting up pressure on Ukrainian ships, both military and merchant, traveling across Sea of Azov. ... Many Ukrainian politicians worried that Sunday's Kerch Strait crisis was the opening salvo in new round of tensions..…
Ukrainian policemen guard Russian embassy building with smoke behind during Ukrainian activists rally Kiev, Ukraine, 25 November 2018. Russia has seized three Ukrainian vessels amid their leaving Kerch Strait Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is gathering Military..…
It came at the time as likely US orchestrated CW occurred Aleppo, Syria, and provocation by Ukrainian vessels Russian Black Sea waters.. They did not respond to legitimate demands by the ships and boats of Russia's FSB Border Guard Service escorting them to stop and performed dangerous..…