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Associated Press: Ukraine urges NATO to deploy ships amid standoff with Russia

By Associated Press.

Published Nov. 29, 2018 at 10:20 am

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hold a joint press conference during the second day of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit, in Brussels, on July 12, 2018.

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The Ukrainian president is urging NATO to deploy naval ships to the Sea of Azov amid a standoff with Russia.

President Petro Poroshenko made the call in an interview with the German daily Bild published Nov. 29, saying that “we hope that states within NATO are now ready to relocate naval ships to the Sea of Azov in order to assist Ukraine and provide security.”