President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend. 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 ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia’s border guards were “fulfilling their military duty” when they stopped three Ukrainian ships off Crimea last week. “They were fulfilling their military duty. They were fulfilling their lawful functions in protecting Russia’s borders,” Putin told an investment forum in Moscow.
