A crew member (left) of one of Ukrainian naval ships, which were recently seized by Russia’s FSB security service, is escorted after a court hearing in Simferopol, Crimea. — Reuters photo
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald Trump expressed ‘deep concern’ at Moscow’s actions against a US ally.
In his first extensive remarks since the confrontation at sea on Sunday, Putin said it had been orchestrated by Kiev as a ‘provocation’.
He said the Ukrainian ships had entered Russian territorial waters and refused to respond to …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
