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Canada is concerned about the seizure of Ukrainian seamen and their vessels.
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Christa Freeland, met in Russian with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to condemn the Strait of Kerch . Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE Member States in Milan, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
"Sergei Viktorovich, I must tell you everything," she said in Russian.
"Canada strongly condemns the acts of Russia that violate maritime transport in the Azov Sea and in the Kerch Strait." According to Christ Friland, Canada is particularly concerned about the enthusiasm of Ukrainian seamen and their ships
Previously, Friland had condemned the Russian aggression against Ukraine in the Kerch Strait and called for the immediate release of captured Ukrainian ships and seamen
. On November 25, Russia blocked the crossing of the Kerch Strait with the Ukrainian tug "Yana Kapu" and two boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol". To this end, the Russians blocked the traffic under the Crimea Bridge by an oil tanker and even used the Don's trolley trailer . On the evening of the same day, Russian ships attacked and captured them, while wounding at least six Ukrainian sailors and capturing the other captives. Subsequently, the so-called courts arrested them for two months . [29] On 29 November prisoners in the vicinity of the Kerch Strait of Ukrainian seamen were transported to Moscow – in Lefortovo.
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