Posted on 11/25/2018 9:48:33 AM PST by McGruff
Russian authorities closed off the Kerch Strait Sunday amid a confrontation with Ukrainian naval vessels, Russian state news agencies and the Ukrainian military said.
The Kerch Strait links the Azov Sea with the Black Sea. Earlier this year, the Russian government opened a 19-kilometer bridge across the strait, creating a road linking Russia's Krasnodar region with the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.
In a statement released Sunday, the Ukrainian ministry of defense said traffic through the strait had been blocked by a tanker anchored near the Kerch Strait bridge. Russian state news agency TASS, quoting Alexei Volkov, the general director of the Crimean seaports, said traffic through the strait had been closed for security purposes.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The Russian Federal Security Service’s Border Service in Crimea reported that three Ukrainian warships had illegally entered Russia’s territorial waters, and were carrying out dangerous maneuvers, TASS stated. The Ukrainian navy said Russian border patrol vessels “carried out openly aggressive action” against the Ukrainian ships, resulting in damage to one Ukrainian ship, a navy tugboat.
According to a statement from the Ukrainian military, two Russian attack helicopters were also observed tracking Ukrainian warships.
I’m not sure what Ukraine’s endgame is here. They are truly asking for it by intruding into Russian territorial waters.
Well it certainly won’t be Midway, will it?
Russians are thugs. A Russian coast guard boat rammed a Ukrainian tugboat after they were notified of its impending crossing. UN Law of the Seas allows free navigation.
If CNN is reporting it, it means the CIA and Deep State want something out of this.
It may be time to use a few of our excess nukes.
I’d imagine that if they keep it up, the result will be a rather quick sinking of the Ukrainian vessels. I’m relatively sure they will chicken out before it hits that point.
There is no reason to resort to nukes just to sink a few Ukrainian vessels...
Behind every move there is a reason.
I’m just as lazy when it comes to reading whole articles as I am when it comes to exercising :)
So if anybody has any idea why they are doing such a suicidal thing, please feel free to share.
You mean sink a few Russian vessels...
Why would we sink Russian vessels who are securing their territory and citizens from their hopelessly corrupt, warlike, and belligerent neighbor to the West? Are we doing the Russian-hate thing again, even when the actions make sense?
Try reading the article. “According to TASS a 2003 treaty confirms the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait as domestic waters of Russia and Ukraine.”
Ping.
Ukraine’s navy accuses Russia of firing on and seizing some of its ships off the coast of annexed Crimea
Probably a test run for taking out the bridge.
Depends on who "our" is. You certainly aren't identifying as an American there. And I notice you aren't flying on your home page any American related flags.
Sorosite?
Russian forces opened fire on the Ukrainian navy on Sunday off of the coast of Crimea and captured at least three vessels, marking a major escalation in tensions between the two countries, according to military reports and the Ukrainian government.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is scheduled to meet at 10 p.m. with his military cabinet Ukraine time.
https://breaking911.com/video-russia-fires-on-ukrainian-ships-captures-vessels-in-major-escalation/
BREAKING: Ukraine says number of boats hit by Russian fire increases to 2, 2 crew members wounded; both vessels seized by Russia.
2:53 PM - 25 Nov 2018
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