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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14662786/vladimir-putin-blocks-foreign-warships-ukraine/
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The Russian leader has amassed tens of thousands of troops and weaponry
on the Ukrainian border in a terrifying escalation of tensions.
This comes seven years after Russia ruthlessly annexed Crimea in the
east of the country using militia groups.
Moscow has now closed part of the Kerch Strait - which separates Crimea
in the west from Russia in the east - after US President Biden
threatened to send two Navy battleships to the region but then called
them off
<https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14656408/us-warships-heading-ukraine-turn-back/>.
The Kremlin had earlier warned US warships to stay well away from the
region “for their own good”, calling their potential deployment in the
Black Sea a provocation.
White House officials decided not to send the ships to avoid needlessly
escalating the situation with Russia, a US defence official told
*Politico*
<https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/15/us-navy-ukraine-russia-tensions-481897>.
Now the Ukrainian foreign ministry has revealed Russia will close part
of the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait for foreign warships involved in
military exercises from next week until October.
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