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Pentagon sends flight over Ukraine following Russian naval incident

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Pentagon sends flight over Ukraine following Russian naval incidentA US Air Force observation plane flew over Ukraine on Thursday in a mission to show US support for Kiev following Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov, officials said. The November 25 confrontation was the first open military incident between Kiev and Moscow since 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and a conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine. “Today, the United States and Allies conducted an extraordinary flight under the Open Skies Treaty.