NATO Secretary General on the background of the Russian Navy aggression spoke of a "decisive aid to Ukraine"

Training of NATO and Navy in the Black Sea / photo navy.mil.gov.ua

The Secretary General of the Treaty Organization of the United States North Atlantic, Yens Stoltenberg, said that the Alliance would continue to I can Ukraine, including in the modernization of the naval forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As reported by a UNIAN correspondent, he said at a press conference before the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member countries in Brussels.

Read also Russia obstructs: The lawyer of captive sailors spoke about the situation in the Moscow SIZO [19659006] Answering the question of whether Ukraine can count on the help of NATO if an open attack from Russia occurs, he said that "All the countries of the NATO have a strong political commitment Well, this practical assistance to Ukraine. "

Stoltenberg also said that Ukraine was not a member of the Alliance, but that NATO strongly supported the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

"We urge Russia to release captured seamen and ships, and NATO countries will continue to help modernize the Ukrainian armed forces," said the Secretary-General.

He indicated that NATO is assisting Ukraine in managing various trust funds in the areas of command and control, cybersecurity and modernizing Ukrainian naval forces.

] UNIAN reference. On the morning of November 25, Russia blocked the passage in the Kerch Strait of the Ukrainian tug "Yana Kapu" and two boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol", which made a planned transition from the port of Odessa to Port of Mariupol

At the exit of the Kerch Strait, Russian ships fired a defeat on Ukrainian ships that had already returned to Odessa without receiving any information about the possibility of passing through the Strait.

The occupiers captured 24 Ukrainian soldiers. Three of them were injured. Ukrainians were accused of illegally crossing the border of the Russian Federation (part 3 of Article 322 of the Russian Criminal Code, up to six years' imprisonment). All the prisoners were arrested by the so-called Crimean "court", after which they were taken to the Moscow investigators "Lefortovo" and "The sailor's silence".