Former us presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appealed to the G7 countries to strongly demand the immediate return of Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in the Kerch Strait.
She wrote about it on her Twitter page.
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Russia's actions grossly violate the agreement, which allows free passage through the Strait
Russia's seizure last week of three Ukrainian ships and 24 crew members in the Kerch Strait is a significant military escalation by Russia against Ukraine and Russia's latest attempt to control key areas in and around Ukraine. Russia's actions grossly violate an agreement that allows free passage through the Strait and the G7 should strongly demand the immediate return of seafarers,
Clinton said.
Recall that Petro Poroshenko expressed hope that NATO member States " are ready to move naval ships to the sea of Azov to help Ukraine and ensure security."
In the NATO said that the Alliance already has a strong presence in the black sea region, so gave Ukraine to understand that will not send new ships to the sea of Azov.
What happened in the sea of Azov?
On November 25 the border ship of Russia rammed the RAID tug of the Ukrainian military in the sea of Azov. It is known that 2 small armored artillery boats and a RAID tug of the AFU Navy passed from the port of Odessa to the port in Mariupol according to international standards. However in Russia declared that allegedly the Ukrainian warships "illegally came into temporarily closed water area of the territorial sea of the Russian Federation" and continued movement to the Kerch Strait.
Subsequently, a group of Ukrainian Navy ships continued their journey to Mariupol. However, during the exit from the Kerch Strait, the Russian border guard vessel opened fire on Ukrainian ship, the result, 6 Ukrainian soldiers were injured. Also Russia captured 2 Ukrainian vessels and captured 24 Ukrainian seamen.
After that, Ukraine introduced martial law in 10 regions until December 26 and banned the entry of men from Russia aged 16 to 60 years. But Russia began to block Ukrainian ships and ports in the sea of Azov. On November 28 "court" in the occupied Crimea to all 24-m captured Ukrainian seamen chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of 2 months.