Putin says hopes Ukraine sees common sense in diplomatic crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting in Crimea, August 19, 2016. REUTERS/Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik/Pool

BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin flew into annexed Crimea on Friday a day after staging war games there, and said he hoped Ukraine would see "common sense" when it came to resolving a diplomatic crisis over the peninsula.

Two years after Russian troops seized the peninsula, it is again the focus of international tension, after the Russian president accused Kiev last week of sending saboteurs who clashed with Russian troops.