Merkel, Putin Agree To More Ukraine

Reutersr reports that Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia will hold further talks at the advisor level about a shipping standoff in the Kerch Strait. This according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She urged Moscow to let Ukrainian vessels enter the Sea of Azov.
Russia is resisting international calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships. Its border patrols fired on the ships and seized them in the strait near Russian-annexed Crimea last weekend.