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Russia Ukraine incident: Duma 'to honour ship seizure troops'
Source: BBC
Russia Ukraine incident: Duma 'to honour ship seizure troops'
3 December 2018
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament plans to give state awards to the border guards who fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels and 24 sailors a week ago, Russian media say.
Vyacheslav Volodin said they acted "faultlessly, courageously" to thwart what Russia describes as a violation of its maritime border in the Black Sea.
Ukraine and Western countries have condemned the incident as a flagrant violation of international law.
They deny it was in Russia's waters.
It was the most dangerous clash between the two since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014.
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3 December 2018
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament plans to give state awards to the border guards who fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels and 24 sailors a week ago, Russian media say.
Vyacheslav Volodin said they acted "faultlessly, courageously" to thwart what Russia describes as a violation of its maritime border in the Black Sea.
Ukraine and Western countries have condemned the incident as a flagrant violation of international law.
They deny it was in Russia's waters.
It was the most dangerous clash between the two since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46431770