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Foreign Ministry Accuses Ukraine of Provocation in the Kerch Strait

RUSSIA
  • RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES UKRAINE OF PROVOCATION IN CONNECTION WITH A SHIP INCIDENT IN THE KERCH STRAIT - RIA.
  • Russia’s FSB said that the command ship "Donbass" of the Ukrainian Navy is moving towards the Kerch Strait, it does not fulfill the requirement to change the course. Later, the ship took a reverse course.
  • The special service regarded the actions of the crew as provocative and threatening the safety of navigation.
  • An attempt by a Ukrainian warship to enter the Kerch Strait coincided with a conversation between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky .
  • The ship lay on its return course at the same time that information about the completion of negotiations appeared.
  • Link: https://ria.ru/20211210/ukraina-1763107570.html
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