Russia reopens Kerch Strait to shipping after standoff with Ukraine

  26 November 2018    Read: 1127
Russia reopens Kerch Strait to shipping after standoff with Ukraine

Russia reopened the Kerch Strait near Crimea to shipping in the early hours of Monday morning after firing on and seizing three Ukrainian naval ships a day earlier, a move that triggered a dangerous new crisis between the two countries.

Russia’s FSB security service said early on Monday its border patrol boats had seized two small Ukrainian armored artillery vessels and a tug boat after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors. It is the most serious clash between Moscow and Kiev in years.


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