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MOSCOW | The Latest: France urges Russia to hand back Ukrainian ships

MOSCOW | The Latest: France urges Russia to hand back Ukrainian ships

MOSCOW— The Latest on tensions between Russia and Ukraine (all times local):

5:40 p.m. Britain is accusing Russia of an “act of aggression” in seizing Ukrainian vessels and sailors near Russian-occupied Crimea.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman, James Slack, says the incident is “further evidence of Russia’s destabilizing behavior in the region and its ongoing violation of Ukrainian…

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Foreign Secretary William Hague and his German counterpart have held talks aimed at pushing for financial support for Ukraine as the constitutional crisis in the country deepened. Source: Press Association

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the West against interfering in Ukraine's crisis, saying at a news conference with his German counterpart that citizens of the ex-Soviet state should be allowed to resolve matters themselves. "We believe Ukrainians themselves should find a way out of the political crisis ... We expect all other partners of Ukraine to follow the same principle," Lavrov said after talks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynsk; Writing by Steve Gutterman, editing by Elizabeth Piper) Source: Reuters