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Print this article Russian President Vladimir Putin is restricting access to a sea that is home to an important Ukrainian port city in an apparent bid to strengthen his military’s ability to threaten those areas, according to NATO officials and Ukrainian observers. “This would be an unjustified move and part of a broader pattern of destabilizing behavior by Russia,” NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said Friday. “We call on Russia to ensure free access to Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov and allow freedom of navigation.” Putin has tightened control over the Sea of Azov since annexing the Crimean peninsula in 2014, when the Kremlin acquired control of the land on both sides of the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov to the wider Black Sea. As Russian forces amass once again on the Ukrainian border, Russian officials announced that they will not allow military vessels to sail in waters near the strait between April 24 and October a maritime restriction that th

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