Lithuania called for the transfer of occupied Russians to Ukrainian territory under the control of the United Nations

The Sejm of Lithuania adopted a resolution on December 10 calling for a de facto change of the Western strategy to contain the Russian aggression. According to a resolution relating to the attack of Ukrainian ships by Russia on the Black Sea, 79 members of the Lithuanian Parliament voted in favor of both, and two abstained, writes the Lithuanian edition Delfi.

Lithuania proposes to demand an urgent transfer under the control of the United Nations of occupied Ukrainian territories, as well as the Strait of Kerch Another condition is the release of all Russian prisoners for Ukrainian political reasons and all prisoners of war.

If the Russian Federation does not meet these requirements, Lithuania calls on the international community to impose sanctions on the Russian oil and gas sector and to disconnect Russia from the system. SWIFT By the way, SWIFT is an international payment and interbank transfer system.

It should be noted that Lithuania became the first country to impose sanctions for an attack on Ukrainian ships.

After ZAXID.NET. On November 25, Russian border guards launched an armed attack in the Straits of Kerch against three Ukrainian navy ships – a tug Yana Kapu and two small armored boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol", which crossed the Black Sea and Azov from Odessa to get 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 rebels 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, captive Ukrainian sailors are threatened in Russia with a sentence of up to six years in prison.