The "trial" of Ukrainian prisoners of the sea will not begin before one year – a lawyer

The lawyer emphasized the importance of releasing the sailors earlier / Photo by Roman Tsimbalyuk, UNIAN

"The court" in the case of prisoners of war, Ukrainian sailors will not start until one year.

This was

"live" the lawyer told Ilya Novikov. "By the court if it will take place at the earliest one year. The fastest – in six months, but unrealistic. Therefore, it is very important not to prove that in court, "said the lawyer.

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According to him, such "courts" have already prepared a sentence and have a purely formal appearance.

"These meetings must absolutely not be considered as a "court" for seamen, "added Novik.

As UNIAN reported, on the morning of November 25, Russia blocked passage in the Kerch Strait towards the Ukrainian tug" Yana Kapu "and two boats" Berdyansk "and" Nikopol ", which the planned transfer of the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol was in force and, leaving the Kerch Strait, Russian ships fired on Ukrainian ships already returned to Odessa without receiving any information about the possibility of

The occupiers captured 24 Ukrainians Three of them were wounded and Ukrainians were accused of illegally crossing the border of the Russian Federation (p. 3 elements 322 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code, imprisonment up to six years). All prisoners were arrested by the so-called "Crimean" court, after which they were transported to detention centers at the Moscow "Lefortovo" and "The sailor's silence".