Economics
U.K. Tracks Russian Warships as Putin Rebuked for Syria Assault
- Russian aircraft carrier headed to war-ravaged Syria, BBC says
- EU leaders to discuss Russia-Syria after Berlin negotiations
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U.K. warships are monitoring a Russian aircraft-carrier group sailing past Britain’s eastern coast to the Mediterranean Sea to supplement President Vladimir Putin’s forces in the region, as international condemnation mounts of Russia’s military campaign in Syria.
The deployment signals Putin’s determination to assert Russian interests as U.S. and European leaders accuse him of war crimes and dangle the threat of sanctions in response to the bombing of Aleppo by Russian warplanes.