We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoRussia rammed a Ukrainian tugboat on the Black Sea yesterday, sparking a day of tensions that escalated into violence as years of enmity between the former Soviet states spilled into open hostility. Ukraine said a Russian border-patrol boat had attacked the tug as it and two gunboats attempted to enter the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait which sits between Crimea and the Russian mainland. Footage showed the tug being hit by a larger vessel whose crew were speaking in Russian. That began a stand-off that, hours later, ended with Russia firing on the gunboats, seizing them and the already damaged tug and detaining at least three injured Ukrainian sailors, in the most serious escalation between the countries since the annexation of Crimea by…

Source: The Times November 26, 2018 00:05 UTC