Russia has opened fire on Ukrainian ships and captured three vessels in a major escalation of tensions off the coast of Crimea. Three sailors have been wounded after the Ukrainian navy said two artillery boats were hit in the strikes.Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has called an emergency session of his war cabinet in response to the incident in the Black Sea.Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had used weapons after the Ukrainian ships ignored demands to stop and impounded three vessels which had illegally crossed the border.The three injured sailors are receiving medical treatment and their lives are not in danger, the FSB said.But Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK said Russian special forces had captured two armoured artillery boats and a tugboat in an “act of aggression”.”Today’s dangerous events in the Azov Sea testify that a new front of Russian aggression is open,” Ukrainian foreign ministry spokeswoman Mariana Betsa said.”Ukraine is calling now for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.”In response, the FSB said it had “irrefutable evidence that Kiev prepared and orchestrated provocations… in the Black Sea”.”These materials will soon be made public,” it added.Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine accused a Russian coastguard vessel, named the… Read full this story
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