NATO responds to Russia at the Black Sea

NATO foreign ministers are expected to approve an increase in alliance presence in the Black Sea region this week after Russia seized several Ukrainian ships and their members in Kreci Strait last year. Relations between NATO and Moscow have declined significantly since Russia annexed the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula [...]
Relations between NATO and Moscow have declined significantly since Russia annexed the Ukrainian Crime Peninsula in 2014 and began to support pro-sectors east of Ukraine.
NATO has strongly condemned Russia's behaviour, and in December called for the immediate release of 24 captured sailors as well as free access to Ukraine's ships to the Ukrainian port located on the Azov Sea.












