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Putin’s Navy Attacks Ukraine Gunboats and Hands Trump a New Crisis He’d Like to Ignore

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Each side blames the other, but as Russian warships fired on Ukraine’s gunboats in the Kerch Strait, risks of escalation were high, and Trump’s response minimal.

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