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Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said that Russia could expect further sanctions from the European Union. In order to avoid this, Moscow should release in the near future captured Ukrainian sailors.
This is what he wrote on his Twitter page.
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Samuelsen called for an attack on Ukrainian sailors "unacceptable behavior" "
Russia holds still 24 Ukrainian sailors in detention.If they will not be released soon, the European Union will have to consider sanctions against Russia
– he writes
On January 15 in Moscow the court extended the duration of the arrest of 20 Ukrainian captive sailors .Douteen of them will be in detention until April 24 and 16. The next day, January 16 the court extended the duration of the arrest of 4 other Ukrainian seamen until April 24.
How Ukrainian sailors became Russian prisoners of war? On November 25, 2018, a border ship Russian stormed into the Kerch Strait tug of the Ukrainian army. This tug was one of three Ukrainian warships that legally traveled from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol.
Despite this, Russia has stated that Ukrainian vessels have illegally entered the waters of the temporarily closed Russian territorial sea and made their way to the Kerch Strait.
After the attack, the Ukrainian ships continued to go to Mariupol. However, when leaving the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships fired on Ukrainian ships. Because of this, 6 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.
Russia seized 2 Ukrainian ships and captured 24 Ukrainian sailors. They were then arrested in occupied Crimea and taken to a Moscow SIZO. All Ukrainian sailors announced the opening of an investigation into Russian prisoners of war.
A preliminary investigation into a sailor will continue in Russia until May 25. And their lawyers predict that the trial of Ukrainians in Russia will not start sooner than a year later
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