Moscow Confronts Kiev in Black Sea; 3 Ukrainian Navy Vessels Detained by Russia
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that Russia’s border guard detained all three vessels of the Ukrainian Navy, which violated the Russian state border.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that Russia’s border guard detained all three vessels of the Ukrainian Navy, which violated the Russian state border.
All three vessels of the Ukrainian Navy, which violated the Russian state border, have been detained in the Black Sea, weapons were used to force them to stop, according to Tass News Agency.
“The Ukrainian Navy’s vessels the Berdyansk, the Nikopol and the Yany Kapu, which violated Russia’s state border this morning, made another attempt of committing illegal activities in Russia’s territorial sea at 19:00 Moscow time on November 25,” the source added. “They did not respond to legitimate demands by the ships and boats of Russia’s FSB Border Guard Service escorting them to stop immediately and performed dangerous maneuvers.”
According to Tass, “weapons were used to force the Ukrainian warships to stop.” As a result, all three vessels of the Ukrainian Navy were detained in Russia’s territorial waters in the Black Sea. “Three wounded military servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces received medical assistance.”
The FSB stressed that “before making such dangerous and irresponsible decisions, the Kiev leadership should have thought about possible consequences of its actions.”
Relations between Moscow and Kiev have been tense, and both sides are in a hostile state, since the onset of internal unrest in Ukraine, the separation of the Crimean peninsula from Russia and its annexation to Russia.
