the Ukrainian courts were instructed to secretly cross the Kerch Strait

The Russian Federal Security Service has issued a statement that Ukrainian Berdyansk and Nikopol ships arrested by Russian border guards have found documents indicating their intention to secretly cross the Kerch Strait.

"During the inspection of the Ukrainian army vessels arrested aboard the ship" Nikopol ", a document revealing that the group of high-ranking ships had the direct task of making the transition from Odessa in Berdyansk in a "secret order" through him ", – said the agency.

They also stated that they found a handwritten summary of the navigation rules on the Kerch-Yenikalsky Cbad established by the Russian Federation on the ship. The service concludes that "the Ukrainian seamen were perfectly aware of the order of pbadage".

FSB insists: Ukrainian boats violated the rules to cross the border. They argue that the ships of the Ukrainian navy have more than once warned about it by radio. "Despite measures taken by the Russian side, Ukrainian navy ships have been put on alert: the artillery facilities have been discovered, artillery facilities have been raised at a 45-degree angle and to the ships and boats of the Russian Federation, "according to the report.

They reported to the Ministry the weapons found on the ships: art installations, machine guns, machine guns, grenades, ammunition.

Conflict in the Kerch Strait

On November 25, the Russian FSB reported that border guards had used weapons against Ukrainian warships Berdyansk, Nikopol and Yana Kapu, allegedly violating the state border. The Ukrainian side announced an act of aggression on the part of Russia.

According to Ukraine, six sailors were injured, the Russian side talks about three Ukrainian soldiers injured during the conflict, they are in the hospital.

The President of Ukraine called on the leaders of the Russian Federation to demand the release of Ukrainian seamen and ships. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the incident in the sea of ​​Azov was a provocation on the side of Ukraine. A spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Peskov called the incident "invasion of the territorial waters of the Russian Federation", and said that the Russian side had acted in strict accordance with international law and the law. internal.

On November 26, the Verkhovna Rada supported the introduction of martial law in Ukraine. The President of the country, Petro Poroshenko, was at the origin of these measures.