SOCHI, Oct 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the military, who repulsed the attacks on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
«The attack that was undertaken, an unsuccessful attack, but nevertheless it was undertaken by Ukraine against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, we must pay tribute to our sailors and thank them for what they turned out to be at the height of the situation, repelled all attacks,» Putin said at a press conference following the trilateral talks in Sochi.