Russia will return three captured naval ships to
Ukraine on Monday and is moving them to a handover location agreed with Kiev, Crimea's border guard service was cited as saying by
Russian news agencies on Sunday.
A Reuters reporter in Crimea, which Russian annexed from Ukraine in 2014, earlier on Sunday saw coastguard boats pulling the three vessels through the Kerch Strait toward the Black Sea where they could potentially be handed over to Ukraine.
Ukraine has been pushing for their return as a good will gesture from
Moscow ahead of a possible four-way peace summit on eastern Ukraine next month.