Russia said on Tuesday it has not yet received a response from Kiev on the Ukrainian military’s plan to fire missiles in airspace above Crimean territorial waters in the Black Sea this week. “So far we did not receive official statements, but there is still time,” Russian Minister of Transport ...
Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. In a statement carried late Monday by local news agencies, the Russian defense ministry said servicemen Maxim Odintsov and Alexander Baranov were “illegally detained and ...