Monitoring Desk
BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday
reiterated its call on Russia to “immediately and unconditionally” release two
dozen Ukrainian sailors captured last November.
In a written statement, Maja
Kocijancic, spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy/European
neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, said:
“We expect Russia to immediately
and unconditionally release the 24 captured Ukrainian sailors, to respect their
right to legal representation and unhindered access by consular authorities,
and to ensure that the injured crewmen receive appropriate medical treatment.”
The Ukrainian servicemen have
been held since last Nov. 25, “when Russia seized three Ukrainian vessels and
their crews and fired shots at them, wounding several Ukrainian servicemen,
near the Kerch Strait,” …read more
Source: The Frontier Post
