A rescue operation is underway after a Ukrainian navy vessel came under artillery attack from the shore, in what pro-Russian rebels claimed as the first sea victory of their separatist war.”The militia have dealt the enemy their first naval defeat,” Igor Strelkov, a separatist military commander who stepped down in mid-August, said on the social media network VKontakte.The attack came after Ukraine handed over 10 Russian paratroopers in exchange for 63 Ukrainian soldiers in a rare gesture to ease tension, and Russian president Vladimir Putin called for immediate talks on the “statehood” of Ukraine’s east. …read more
Source: ABC News
