Putin’s Campaign Against Turkey Hits the High Seas

Putin’s Campaign Against Turkey Hits the High Seas

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The nearly month-long feud between Russia and Turkey reached a new battlefield over the weekend: the sea.

 

A Russian warship fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea, ostensibly to avoid a possible collision. The Russian Defense Ministry said the boat came within 1,600 feet of the Smetlivy destroyer, one of the ships bolstering the Kremlin’s military foray into Syria meant to prop up the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

 

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