Crimea Crisis Worsens as Ukraine Says Russia Threatens Navy
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Ukraine said Russia threatened to seize its war ships in Crimea amid the worst standoff between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War.
Russia told the ships to surrender, Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said today in televised remarks. Russia earlier denied a report it had given the ships, located near the port of Sevastopol, until 5 a.m. to give up weapons and capitulate. Western diplomats are seeking to calm tensions, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Kiev tomorrow.