KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday made an “emotional” plea to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to free 24 sailors captured last November near Crimea.”I want to appeal to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin,” the recently elected Zelensky told journalists during a briefing. “We all have children. Return children to their parents,” he said, adding that he was “very emotional”.Russia last year fired on and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels, capturing Ukrainian sailors near the Kerch Strait as they tried to pass from the Black Sea to the Azov Sea. At the end of May the …read more
Source: The News International
