The Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned Russian envoy Alexander Petrov on Wednesday following a clash between Moscow and Kiev in the Kerch Strait.
"At a meeting with the ambassador, the Foreign Ministry called on Russia to immediately release the ships and their crew members," the ministry said.
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A few hours before Tallinn summoned the Russian ambassador, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed that Kiev was 'under the threat of a full-scale war with the Russian Federation'.
26 November 2018, 10:10 GMT
The statement comes just days after Ukrainian naval vessels crossed the Russian maritime border and moved from the Black Sea towards the Kerch Strait. Russian border guards seized the ships after they did not react to the demands of the border control vessels, but instead made dangerous manoeuvers, the Federal Security Service (FSB) stated.
