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11 people die as vessels in Kerch Strait catch fire
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 22 (ANI): At least 11 people have died after two liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, bearing Tanzania's flag, in the Kerch Strait caught fire on Monday.
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Martial law lifted in Ukraine
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], Dec 27 (ANI): Martial Law was lifted in Ukraine on Wednesday, a month after Russia seized three of its naval ships in the Kerch Strait last month, announced President Petro Poroshenko.
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Russia slams UK over warship in Ukraine
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 22 (ANI): Russia has hit out at the United Kingdom and its Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, over the docking of HMS Echo in Ukraine's Odessa amidst the Kerch Strait row, which has worsened Russia-Ukraine relations.
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UK docks warship in Ukraine in solidarity
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Odessa [Ukraine], Dec 22 (ANI): The United Kingdom docked its warship, the HMS Echo, here in solidarity with Ukraine in the wake of the Kerch Strait row with Russia.
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UNGA passes Ukraine resolution
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 18 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has approved, with a 2/3 majority, a resolution introduced by Ukraine asking Russia to cease restriction of international vessels in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
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EU prolongs economic sanctions against Russia
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 14 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has prolonged economic sanctions against Russia, owing to "zero progress" in the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
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Ukraine to terminate Friendship treaty with Russia
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], Dec 10 (ANI): Ukraine has decided to terminate the 1997 Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty in the wake of the Kerch Strait incident with President Petro Poroshenko signing law number 206 to terminate the treaty on Monday.
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Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Kremlin denies Ukraine's allegations as 'absurd'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 4(ANI): Russia on Tuesday denied Ukraine's allegations that the recent seizure of Ukrainian naval ships exposed Kremlin's plans to take Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov.
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'Ukraine under threat of full-scale war with Russia'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], Nov 28 (ANI): Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has claimed that the country is under the threat of a "full-scale war with the Russian Federation" as martial law was enforced along the country's border with Russia for a month starting today.
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US deplores Russian action in Kerch Strait, extends support to Ukraine
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): The United States expressed "deep concerns" over the November 25 seizure of three Ukranian ships in the Kerch Strait by Russia and firing from the Russian side that injured Ukranian crewmen.
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Ukraine approve martial law as tensions with Russia escalate
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 27(ANI): The Ukrainian Parliament on Monday voted in favour of introducing the martial law in the border areas with Russia after the Russian army seized three Ukrainian navy ships near the Kerch Strait.
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Ukraine accuses Russia of firing on its naval ships near Kerch Strait
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], Nov 26(ANI): The Ukrainian navy on Sunday accused the Russian army of firing on and capturing three of its ships near the Kerch Strait, a narrow sea passage close to the Crimean peninsula.
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