Ukraine is concerned about the "disappearance" of boats and a tugboat of the Ukrainian Navy from a parking lot in Kerch
The Ukrainian military boats Berdyansk and Nikopol, as well as the tugboat Yany Kapu, detained by the FSB of Russia in November 2018 during the incident in the Kerch Strait, disappeared from the last stop. This was reported by the resource "Crimea. Realia", which is a project of the Ukrainian service "Radio Svoboda".
According to the publication, the ships were moved in an unknown direction.
"Crimea. Realia" claims that on the eve of the resource journalists carried out photographing the waters of the port "Genmol" in Kerch: it was there that the Ukrainian ships were moored in recent months.
According to the Ukrainian media, the boats were previously covered with a camouflage net. At the time of the shooting, they were not in their usual place, but the tug of Yana Kapu remained. Subsequently, according to eyewitness accounts, he was also driven off.
The press service of the Frontier Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia has not yet publicly reported on the movement of Ukrainian ships.
After the incident with the Ukrainian warships in November 2018 of the year and their armed interception, the crews were arrested and put on trial, and the ships were escorted to the port of Kerch.
24 Ukrainian servicemen detained during the "Cerchesa Incident" were charged under h. 3 Art. 322 of the Criminal Code of Russia (illegal border crossing). Seafarers face up to 6 years in prison. All of them were transferred to Moscow.
In May, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, responding to the demand of Ukraine, by its decision demanded that the Russian Federation promptly release ships and their crews as temporary measures. According to the same decision, Moscow had to fulfill this requirement by June 25. The Russian side, for its part, does not recognize the authority of the UN court in this matter.
- commented on the situation, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
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