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Russia Returns Seized Ukrainian Naval Vessels

Charles Maynes

   MOSCOW - Russia has returned three captured Ukrainian navy ships, in
   what is being billed as a goodwill gesture to Kyiv ahead of
   international peace talks aimed at ending the war between Ukrainian
   government forces and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's east.

   Russia seized the ships and crew amid a firefight off the coast of
   Crimea in November of last year -- arguing the Ukrainian vessels had
   illegally entered what had become de facto Russian territorial waters
   following the Kremlin's annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine in
   2014.

   The move triggered international condemnation, as well as a new round
   of U.S. sanctions against Russia over the incident and fomenting the
   war in Ukraine.
   

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