Poroshenko denied Putin's accusation of provoking the situation in the Kerch Strait

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has denied the accusations against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would have caused the situation in the sea from Azov, as a result of which Russia captured sailors from the Ukrainian army 19659004] As reported by UNIAN in the press service of the President of Ukraine, he stated that in an interview with Italy The daily Corriere della Sera commented on Putin's request for a declaration, which called on the Ukrainian side and personally the head of the Ukrainian state guilty of having caused an incident in sea ​​aimed at diverting Ukrainians from the fall of the popularity of the president and the transfer of the date of the presidential elections.

"There is no proof that this is my attempt to deliberately provoke a crisis to influence the electoral process, there is no question of my popularity on the eve of the vote. The territorial integrity of Ukraine are at stake for the moment.The only way out of this situation is that Putin leaves our country and leaves us alone, "Poroshenko said.

According to him, the Russians expose hundreds of aircraft and tanks near the Ukrainian border.

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"Our requirements are well known, we formulated them jointly with France and France. Germany: We call for the respect of the Minsk Treaties to ensure a lasting cease-fire We call on the UN peacekeepers, as peacekeepers, to occupy a buffer zone in the occupied areas. "We call for the release of our prisoners," said the president.

He pointed out that "instead of responding favorably to calls from Ukraine, Moscow decided to" 39, intensify tensions

"For the first time since the beginning of the 2014 aggression, Russian soldiers, do not hide, act in a white day in our captured territories in order to annex the entire territory of Ukraine and destroy the aircraft of 39; state as a whole, "said Poroshenko.

As reported by UNIAN, on the morning of November 25, Russia blocked the passage of the Kerch Strait by the Ukrainian tug Yana Kapu and Two boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol", which made a planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol.

Leaving the Kerch Strait, Russian ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships that had already returned to Odessa without receiving any information about them. possibility of crossing the Strait

The occupants captured 24 Ukrainian soldiers. Three of them were injured. Ukrainians were accused of illegally crossing the border of the Russian Federation (part 3 of Article 322 of the Russian Criminal Code, up to six years' imprisonment). All prisoners were arrested by the so-called "Crimean" court, after which they were taken to the detention facilities at the Moscow "Lefortovo" investigation and "The sailor's silence".

On November 28, Putin declared that Poroshenko had organized a "provocation" in the Kerch Strait.

"It is, I think, a provocation organized by the current authorities and the president is acting on the eve of the presidential election in Ukraine in March of the following year." The note of the current president is somewhere in the fifth stage and so he has a chance not to go to the second round. you must do something to the Putin situation

According to the President of the Russian Federation, there was an "incident at the border – no more" in the sea of ​​Azov.