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According to Kurt Volker, Special Representative of the United States State Department for Ukraine, it is likely that Ukrainian sailors are captured in Russia before Christmas,
He stated that in a interview with TSN
"We probably invite all of Russia to do this as a gesture of goodwill, and I hope that she is anxious not to make matters worse, so we can have a momentum "said Volker.
He also recalled the recent conversation between the President of the Russian Federation and the Russian President. Vladimir Putin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which he grew up the chairman of the Duma "is referred to the so-called legitimate process in Russia, which, of course, is not legal."
"However, even if it referred to the legal process by which seafarers must pass, we hope that it will be done as much as possible, but most importantly, free sailors as quickly as possible, ideally at Christmas" said Volker.
Kerch Strait. What many Ukrainians do not understand
Previously it was reported that the families of the sailors seized by Russia would touch 100,000 hryvnias.
On November 25, Russian security forces illegally seized two Ukrainian vessels, Berdyansk and Nikopol. also a tug of raids Yana Kapu, who went to the port of Mariupol
There were 24 soldiers of the navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on board Ukrainian ships
The FSB accused the Ukrainian seamen of "dangerous maneuvers" during the demonstration in the "closed territorial waters" seas of the Russian Federation ".
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Temporary Occupation and Displaced Persons in their own country, Russia attacked and captured Ukrainian warships in the international waters of the Black Sea.
In the Kerch Strait, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, established a military state for 30 days in the regions of Vinnytsia , Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Kherson and in the inland waters of Azov – Kerchenskaya water zone.
