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The US State Department insists that Russia is responsible for escalating the conflict in the Kerch Strait.
The head of a US delegation at the OSCE Ministerial Meeting, Wess Mitchell, writes: "The European Truth".
See also: An American plane spontaneously flew over Ukraine following an incident in the Kerch Strait
A US diplomat points out that the Kremlin's accusations against Ukraine are absurd
Russia accused Ukrainian sailors of illegally crossing the Russian border. This accusation is striking since Crimea is Ukraine. In essence, Russia accuses Ukrainian sailors of crossing the Ukrainian border!
– he explained.
Mitchell pointed out that claims "from both sides" are incorrect, as Ukraine is not responsible for these events.
"Ukraine has not even opened fire.This is not a situation where one can blame Two parties are blamed: one is guilty and it's Russia, "said the diplomat.
The United States believes that Russia does not have the right to detain Ukrainian seamen. The secretary of state calls on Putin to immediately release the sailors and send enthusiastic ships to Ukraine.
The aggression of Azov is a miscalculation for Russia, it has only increased the pressure of the international community on itself,
added Mitchell.
Kurt Volker, questions from Ukraine, said that Russia should return Ukrainian sailors trapped in the Kerch Strait until Christmas or the New Year. In another case, Russia is threatened with pressure and new sanctions.
What do we know about the events in the Kerch Strait? On November 25, the Russian border ship crashed into the Ukrainian army raid in the Kerch Strait. It is known that two small Ukrainian armored artillery boats and raids were conducted in accordance with international standards from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol
However, Russia stated that Ukrainian warships illegally entered the port of Temporarily closed water zone 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 withdrawal from the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships, injuring six Ukrainian soldiers. Russia also seized 2 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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