The Ukrainian sailors were charged: what threatens them?

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Today, November 28, the Russian investigation team indicted the Ukrainian Navy. Ukrainian sailors were detained during the incident in the Kerch Strait, which occurred last Sunday.





This was reported to the news agency. RIA News Press service of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Crimea Lyudmila Lubina. Shortly before that, she met and talked with some of the detainees.

The charge was brought against 12 of the 24 sailors on board the Ukrainian warships detained by Russian border guards. According to part 3 of article 322 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian Navy was accused of illegally crossing the border of the Russian Federation by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. The sanctions of this article provide for imprisonment of up to 6 years.

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, which includes border troops, reported the illegal penetration of two Ukrainian armored boats and a tugboat into Russian territorial waters. Warships of the Ukrainian Navy dangerously maneuvered and did not respond to the orders of border guards. To suppress these actions, the Russians used weapons and arrested the ships along with the crews, among which there were two SBU officers.