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The commander of the navy, Ihor Voronchenko, appealed to President Poroshenko asking him to trade against Ukrainian sailors captured in Russia
This article was declared by Voronchenko himself in the comment from the UNN. – a lawyer
A conversation with the president took place (about his statement about the fact that he was ready to exchange prisoners of the sea – Canal 24),
– said the commander of the Ukrainian Navy.
Voronchenko did not tell Poroshenko that his proposal had been resolved.
"I'm fine I can not say," he explained.
Responding to the question of whether Voronchenko was referring to the Ukrainian side involved in the exchange of prisoners and political prisoners, he said: "I made a statement. this process, I am willing to communicate with them in this direction. "
Voronchenko also assured that he was ready to do anything for the exchange of Ukrainian sailors.
I am ready What is refusing my words? I have experience and there is also a stretch from there. Extract them. They acted legally and in a legal field,
– added the commander of the navy.
Add that after Russia seized Ukrainian military forces at sea, Voronchenko sent an important letter to the sailors accompanied by their words of support. "It's normal to feel the fear.It's important to understand that the whole world is behind you," wrote the Navy Commander.
What happened in the Kerch Strait? On November 25, a Russian border ship attacked a tug of the Ukrainian army in the Azov Sea. It is known that two small armored artillery boats and a navy attack tug of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have moved from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol, in accordance with international standards. However, Russia has stated that Ukrainian warships allegedly "illegally entered the temporarily closed waters of the Russian territorial sea" and continued to move into the Kerch Strait.
Subsequently, a group of ships from the Ukrainian Navy continued their journey to Mariupol. However, right out of the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships, injuring six Ukrainian soldiers. Russia also seized 2 Ukrainian ships and captured 24 Ukrainian sailors.
After that, Ukraine set up a military state in the 10 oblasts until December 26 to prohibit Russian men aged 16 to 60 years. Instead, Russia started blocking Ukrainian ships and ports in the Azov Sea. On 28 November, the occupied Crimean "court" chose the 24 Ukrainian sailors captive for a two-month custody measure.
Russia also blocks, in the sea of Azov, foreign ships going for the first time in Ukrainian ports in the sea of Azov. As a result, the Ukrainian economy suffers considerable losses.
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