Thirteen years ago, on August 10, 2008, Ukraine threatened to prevent Russian warships that moved to blockade Georgia’s Black Sea coastline from returning to their Crimean base in Sevastopol, Ukraine. The move came following the five-day war between Georgia and Russia (August 8-12) that saw Russian armed forces pry two regions – South Ossetia and Abkhazia – from Georgian control.
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