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On November 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine issued an appeal to the signatory states of the Budapest memorandum requesting "urgent consultations" after Russia's attack on Ukrainian vessels "in order to guarantee full compliance with the commitments made and the immediate cessation of the Russian army aggression against Ukraine ". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on 5 December.
The Department noted that the signatories of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum – Great Britain, the United States and Russia – assured Ukraine of refraining from threat of force or recourse. to force against its territorial integrity or political independence. They also pledged not to use weapons against Ukraine.
On November 25, Russian border guards from the Kerch Strait opened fire on three Ukrainian ships and seized them, along with their crews. Crimean courts controlled by the Kremlin have arrested 24 sailors for two months. Now they are in jail in Moscow. The Ukrainian authorities recognize their prisoners of war as defined by international law.
Western countries condemned the actions of Russia. In the European Union, they called for "restraint and de-escalation", and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a statement in which he called for the release of prisoners from war and captured ships in Russia.
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(Radio Negotiations between the Russian Naval Command and its Russian Crew Concerning the Attack of the Ukrainian Navy Vessels)