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RThe USSI claimed that the incident was a planned "provocation", while Ukraine called this act of aggression.
Although the Azov Sea is, according to a 2003 treaty, supposed to be shared between Ukraine and Russia, the Kerch Strait linking it to the Black Sea is controlled by Moscow since the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Russia has asked for ships to be cleared after crossing a strait bridge in May.
In a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday night, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, accused Kiev of "creating a new conflict situation" before the March presidential election in Ukraine, according to a reading of the Kremlin.
On Tuesday, Russian media reports showed anti-ship ball missiles moving from Sevastopol into the Kerch Strait. For more than four years, Russia has supported separatists in a conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 10,300 people.
Tensions also intensified in the Azov Sea, with both parties mutually arresting each other. But Sunday's incident marked the first time that Russia was openly attacking Ukrainian forces.
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