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The EU and the United States are considering the possibility of imposing additional sanctions on Russia if captured Ukrainian sailors are not released. In addition, the presence of international observers in the Azov Sea would prevent further aggression by Russia.
Kurt Volker, special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine, said that the final decision on restrictive measures had not yet been taken, reports Interfax.
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the main demands of Europe and Washington – the release of captive Ukrainian sailors, that the Russia seized on November 25.
The United States and Europe are considering additional measures to be taken if Russia did not dismiss the seafarers and would continue to present similar control requirementschenskoyu strait
– says Walker
In addition, the International community is considering new sanctions due to blocking Russian anti-Russian Russian sea ports of Azov .. They can be introduced against Russian ships and against ports.
For all, the United States plans to review the sanctions imposed on Russia by occupied Crimea in February. Volker points out that the EU also talks about any additional restrictive measures, but there is currently no specific case
The US representative also supported the idea of placing observers in the Azov Sea region on Ukrainian territory, but exclusively at the invitation of the Ukrainian side.
"I think that the best option is to place international observers in the part of the territory of Ukraine not subject to territorial disputes, as well as in Ukrainian vessels and at the invitation of leaders Ukrainians, "-
How does the presence of international observers in Azov affect the actions of the Russian Federation? On the eve of the arrival of Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Tomasz Petšicek and Denmark, Andres Samuelsen, accompanied by Ukrainian Minister Pavel Klimkin, arrived in Mariupol. During this visit of European diplomats, Russia began to blow up more ships in the Kerch Strait. According to Klimkin, the Russian Federation fears international pressure and will send more ships to Ukrainian ports through the Strait if international observers are present.
The presence of international observers would allow the world community to better observe the situation and avoid situations analogous to Russia's aggression. Strait of Kerch in November 2018.
Instead, Russia declared that it had allowed Germany and France to send their representatives into the Kerch Strait "only once". They say that setting up a monitoring mission on a permanent basis can not be the language.
Why climbing in the Kerch Strait has occurred? On November 25, a Russian border ship in the Kerch Strait struck the Ukrainian army raid. It is known that two small armored Ukrainian artillery boats and raids were conducted in accordance with international standards from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol
However, Russia said that Ukrainian warships would have illegally penetrated the temporarily closed waters of the Russian Sea and continued their movement towards the Kerch Strait.
A group of Ukrainian ships continued their journey to Mariupol. However, during the exit of the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships, injuring six Ukrainian soldiers. Russia also seized two Ukrainian ships and captured 24 Ukrainian sailors, who were subsequently arrested in occupied Crimea and taken to SIZO Moscow.
Ukraine then introduced a military state in the 10 regions until December 26th. In addition, on November 30, Ukraine banned the entry into its territory of Russian citizens aged 16 to 60 years.
Russia is no longer the first month of the world to block foreign ships going to the Ukrainian ports of the Azov Sea. As a result, the Ukrainian economy suffers considerable losses.
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