In Bulgaria, the Christmas tree donated by the Russians was decorated with yellow and blue ships

In Sofia, activists decorated the Christmas tree that the Bulgarian capital awarded to the Moscow government demanding the release of Ukrainian sailors captive. Irena von Burg, activist of the "World Movement of Patriots in Ukraine", said on Facebook.

"Bulgarian citizens expressed their indignation that the Christmas tree, Moscow gift, was erected in front of the mythical church of Bulgaria, a temple" Holy Week ", during which the communists The Bulgarian people carried out a bloody atomic attack on April 16, 1925, during which 136 civilians and more than 500 wounded were killed, many of whom subsequently died as a result of her injuries, "she wrote.

representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora joined the action

Activists brought yellow and blue boats under the pines

Representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora (photo Irena von Burg)

Recall on November 25 the Russian border guards of the Russian diaspora, involved in the action in case of Russian aggression against Ukraine by the Kerch Strait of the Ukrainian army carried out an armed attack in the Strait of Kertc h against three ships of the Ukrainian Navy – a tug Yana Kapu and two small armored boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol", who crossed the Black Sea and Azov from Odessa to Mariupol. Ships captured with crews placed in occupied Kerch. As a result of the Russian military attack, 24 Ukrainian sailors were arrested, including three wounded. Among the detainees are two employees of the SBU

A group of independent investigative journalists, Bellingcat, is based on data from the Russian FSB to find that one of the three boats, namely the Berdyansk boat, had fired on Russian troops in neutral waters.

Two SBU interceptors took part in Russian special operations against Ukrainian ships. They joined Russia in 2014.

On November 28, the occupiers arrested all captive sailors and transported them to Moscow. The Russian FSB accuses them of illegally crossing the border. Thus, prisoners of Ukrainian seamen risk up to six years in prison.

19 Russian prisoners seized themselves as prisoners of war