German navy chief resigns over Ukraine comments

Russian President Vladimir Putin deserves respect, Germany’s Navy chief said (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The head of the German navy has resigned after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia.

Speaking at an event in India on Friday, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.