Last November, three Ukrainian vessels and 24 Ukrainian soldiers were fired at and captured by Russian coast guards in the Black Sea, exacerbating tensions between the two countries.
The incident marked the most dangerous direct clash in years between the neighbors.
Yesterday, a Moscow court has extended the detention of eight captured Ukrainian sailors despite protests from Kiev and the West, defence lawyers said.
The Russian Navy captured the seaman on November 26 2018, escalating the conflict with Ukraine over the annexation of the Crimean peninsula back in 2014, a move most of the world views as illegal.
Part of the new strategy is to create a level of sensors in space.