Russian and Ukrainian Boats – level 1
03-12-2018 07:00
There are tensions between Russia and Ukraine. An incident at sea makes the situation worse.
There are four boats. Three are Ukrainian. One is Russian. The Russian boat hits one of the Ukrainian boats. The Russian boat also fires on the Ukrainian boats. Russian men then seize the other boats.
Russia says that the Ukrainian boats are in Russian waters. Ukraine says that the boats did nothing bad. Ukraine says that Russia is aggressive.
Difficult words: tensions (problems), fire (shoot), seize (take), aggressive (wanting to fight).
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