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26nov18
All three Ukrainian Navy vessels that violated Russia’s border detained in Black Sea
All three vessels of the Ukrainian Navy, which violated the Russian border, have been detained in the Black Sea, weapons were used to force them to stop, the Public Relations Center of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported.
"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 FSB said. "They did not respond to legitimate demands of the ships and boats of Russia’s FSB Border Guard Service escorting them to stop immediately and made dangerous maneuvers."
According to the FSB, "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 said, adding that there is no threat to their lives.
[Source: Itar Tass, Moscow, 26Nov18]
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