EU executive calls on Russia to release Ukraine ships - spokeswoman
The European Union's executive
urged Russia on Monday to release three Ukrainian ships it
seized at the weekend near the Crimean peninsula that it annexed
from Ukraine in 2014.
The European Commission's spokeswoman stressed that the bloc does not recognise Russia's annexation of Crimea and said Russia was obliged to unblock the Kerch Strait swiftly.
"We are taking this very seriously," the spokeswoman said.
(Reporting by Jan Strupczewski Editing by Gareth Jones)
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