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Kerch crisis: court orders Ukrainian sailor to be detained for two months
Source: The Guardian
Kerch crisis: court orders Ukrainian sailor to be detained for two months
Prosecutions launched in Crimean court against Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in Kerch strait on Sunday
Andrew Roth in Kiev
Tue 27 Nov 2018 14.00 GMT
Russia is preparing to bring charges against the Ukrainian sailors it captured on Sunday despite protests from Kiev that they should be treated as prisoners of war.
The decision to prosecute them for making an illegal border crossing is likely to deepen the latest crisis between the two countries, which has provoked international condemnation and talk of fresh western sanctions against Moscow.
Russian border forces fired on and seized three Ukrainian ships at the weekend. At least three sailors were wounded.
On Monday evening, the Ukrainian government declared martial law in some border regions and the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko, said there was an “extremely serious” threat of a Russian land invasion.
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Prosecutions launched in Crimean court against Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in Kerch strait on Sunday
Andrew Roth in Kiev
Tue 27 Nov 2018 14.00 GMT
Russia is preparing to bring charges against the Ukrainian sailors it captured on Sunday despite protests from Kiev that they should be treated as prisoners of war.
The decision to prosecute them for making an illegal border crossing is likely to deepen the latest crisis between the two countries, which has provoked international condemnation and talk of fresh western sanctions against Moscow.
Russian border forces fired on and seized three Ukrainian ships at the weekend. At least three sailors were wounded.
On Monday evening, the Ukrainian government declared martial law in some border regions and the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko, said there was an “extremely serious” threat of a Russian land invasion.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/russia-to-charge-ukrainian-sailors-as-kerch-crisis-deepens
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Source: BBC
Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Captured sailors shown on Russia TV
27 November 2018
Statements by three captured Ukrainians have been released by Russia's security service after Russian ships fired on and seized three Ukrainian boats off the coast of Russian-annexed Crimea.
One of the men, Volodymyr Lisovyi, said he was aware of the "provocative nature" of the Ukrainian action.
Ukraine's navy commander said the men had been forced to lie under duress.
Meanwhile, a court in Crimea ordered the first of the 24 Ukrainians captured on Sunday to be detained for 60 days.
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27 November 2018
Statements by three captured Ukrainians have been released by Russia's security service after Russian ships fired on and seized three Ukrainian boats off the coast of Russian-annexed Crimea.
One of the men, Volodymyr Lisovyi, said he was aware of the "provocative nature" of the Ukrainian action.
Ukraine's navy commander said the men had been forced to lie under duress.
Meanwhile, a court in Crimea ordered the first of the 24 Ukrainians captured on Sunday to be detained for 60 days.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46356111
One of the three men, Andriy Drach, was described as a Ukrainian security service employee