Russia says Ukrainian ship heads towards Kerch Strait

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (PRIME) -- Ship Donbass owned by the Ukrainian army is moving towards the Kerch Strait and does not obey orders to change the direction, the Russian Federal Security Service said late on Thursday.

According to marinetraffic, a ship locating service, more than 80 civil vessels are in the strait.

On Friday, a high-ranking U.S. administration official said that the possible new sanctions against Russia in case of aggression against Ukraine exceed the framework of measures adopted earlier. He said that President Joe Biden was discussing a very strong set of economic measures with his European partners. 

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