Sept. 1, 2014, 2:20 p.m. | Ukraine abroad - by International Business Times
Igor Strelkov, the top military commander of the self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', delivers a press conference on July 28, 2014 in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.© AFP
Russian separatist leader Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin has claimed responsibility for targeting two Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov off the coast of Mariupol. In his social media VKontakte account, the Russian equivalent to Facebook, Strelkov said that 'the militia have dealt the enemy their first naval defeat'.
Read the story here. Entities 0 Name: Ukraine Count: 2 1 Name: International Business Times Igor Strelkov Count: 1 2 Name: Strelkov Count: 1 3 Name: Donetsk Count: 1 4 Name: Igor ` Strelkov ' Girkin Count: 1 5 Name: Russian Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1wHT6Cn Title: NATO is using this map to troll Russia on Twitter Description: The official Canadian delegation to NATO helpfully tweeted out this map for the benefit of the Russian government, which recently explained that Russian troops were only appearing to invade eastern Ukraine because they had crossed the border " by accident." Geography can be tough.
