Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said the incident in the Kerch Strait was a “provocation” by Ukraine, and has called the ruling party in Kiev a “party of war”.The naval clash came as the Ukrainian ships sailed to the Kerch Strait, the only waterway leading into the Sea of Azov and the site of a new key Russian bridge linking occupied Crimea with the Russian mainland.Earlier we reported President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko considered it necessary to increase the naval presence of Germany and the allies in the Black Sea.German chancellor Angela Merkel aired her concerns with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit over a blockade that targets Ukraine, then ripped Russian aggression at the gathering Saturday.The separatist conflict in eastern regions forming Ukraine’s industrial heartland has taken a toll on the national economy, reducing the cargo flow through the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov.Moscow says Ukrainian navy ships entered Russian waters while trying to cross the strait without prior notice, ignoring orders to stop. But following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, Moscow has asserted greater control over the passage.After US President Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with Putin at the G20… Read full this story
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