Poroshenko gave Tuska a list of people involved in the attack of Ukrainian ships in the Azov Sea

Poroshenko met Tusk in Brussels / photo president.gov.ua

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels.

The head of state informs

Petro Poroshenko stressed the need to give a strong and adequate response from the EU to the act of aggression of Russia against the Ukraine on 25 November, in order to find a peaceful solution to the problem of Russian aggression in the Kerch Strait and the current threats to regional security. thwart the "rampant occupation" strategy of the Kremlin of the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait. The President of Ukraine urged European leaders to condemn the acts of aggression of Russia, to demand the restoration of freedom of navigation, the immediate and unconditional release of 24 captured sailors and 3 vessels .

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The President of the European Council has transferred the lists of Russian people and ships involved in the act of aggression

Poroshenko stressed the importance of strengthening the assistance provided by the European Union the socio-economic development of the Ukrainian Sea Azov, which suffers from the targeted blockade of the Russian Federation.For this purpose, the President of Ukraine has transmitted to the institutions and Member States of the EU list of humanitarian and infrastructure projects that can be supported by European partners

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

At the exit of the Kerch Strait, Russian ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships that had already returned to Odessa without having any information on the possibility of going through the strait.

The occupants captured 24 Ukrainian soldiers. Three of them were injured.

Ukrainians were accused of illegally crossing the Russian Federation border (Part 3 of Article 322 of the Russian Criminal Code, up to six years). All the prisoners were arrested by the so-called "Crimean" court, after which they were taken to the detention centers at the Moscow instruction "Lefortovo" and "The silence of the sailor".