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Russian military jet crashes into sea off Crimea: governor

(AFP) — A Russian military plane crashed Thursday into the sea off Ukraine’s annexed peninsula, the Moscow-installed governor of the city of Sevastopol said. “A military plane has fallen into the sea,” Mikhail Razvozhayev said in a post on Telegram, without giving the cause. Footage on social media showed a plane in flames falling out of the sky. Sevastopol, the historic headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, sits on the southern tip of Crimea, the […]

International Community Condemns Russian Occupation of Crimean Peninsula

The international community condemns the occupation by Russian troops of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. NATO further asked Russia to recognize its international commitments and US Secretary of State John Kerry said that there can be economic disruptions against Russia. The new Ukrainian government said that the Russian action is tantamount to a war declaration.