Pro-Ukrainian supporters call on France to cancel 1.2bn deal to deliver warships with amphibious assault capabilities to RussiaThe French port of Saint-Nazaire woke to find the Russian naval ensign a blue cross flying offshore on Monday and a new row over France’s sale of state-of-the-art warships to Moscow.While the president, François Hollande, was playing the peacemaker by trying to negotiate a ceasefire between the Russians and Ukrainians on Monday, 400 Russian sailors arrived to be trained in using the high-tech Mistral-class ship, the Vladivostok. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
