Crimea and Punishment

... Duclos On 25 November, Russia seized 24 Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.... ... thing the country needs today is an escalation of tensions with Ukraine. Although the initiative came from the Ukrainian side, ... ... crisis with Ukraine, more so than the US, which is not part of the Minsk agreements. The Ukraine issue is primarily European, which ... ... from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a consultation with UN peacekeepers, and a post-conflict ...