Russia flexes muscles in unprecedented Black Sea clashes with Ukraine
The Russian strategy in the Black Sea and in Syria is to show it sticks by its word and national interests and will use military power if necessary.
A National Guard serviceman extinguishes a torch thrown by a protester during a rally against the seizure by Russian special forces of three of the Ukrainian navy ships, which Russia blocked from passing through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov in the Black Sea, in front of the Russian embassy (photo credit: GLEB GARANICH / REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
