The capture of Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait area was led directly by the head of the coast guard of Russia Gennady Medvedev.
This is reported by the "Ukrainian Military Portal" with reference to intercepted by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces conversations of the Russian military.
"On Sunday, the Coast Guard ships of the Federal Security Service of Russia conducted an act of aggression against Ukrainian warships in the neutral waters of the Black Sea. In a radio interception published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, someone named Medvedev is mentioned as the person who controlled and gave orders about sinking or damage to Ukrainian warships, "the report says.
As the newspaper notes, this is “the head of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia, Vice Admiral Gennady Medvedev, Medvedev”.
According to the portal, Medvedev was born on September 14, 1959.. After the occupation of the Crimea, he was appointed head of the border department of the FSB of Russia in the Crimea. Subsequently went on increasing.
"It was he who gave the order for the ram and storming of the Ukrainian ships marching to the Sea of ??Azov, and led the process of implementing the aggression," writes the publication.
At the same time, it is noted that Russian naval seamen in the negotiations also suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly in command and instructions..
"As for the other responsible persons, the command of the patrol ship Izumrud was carried out by the captain of the 3rd rank Andrey Shipitsyn. He was born on December 25, 1969. It was this Russian officer who, while carrying out the pile-up of another PSKR “Don” ship on the Ukrainian raid minesweeper “Yani Kapu”, lost control of the ship and clashed with another Russian shipman, ”the message reads..
Recall, the border ships of the Russian Federation on November 25 carried out aggressive actions against the Ukrainian ships, which carried out a planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol of the Sea of ??Azov. After that, Russian special forces fired on and captured three Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait. According to current information, small armored artillery boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol", hit by enemy fire, lost their course. Raid tug "Yana Kapu" also forced to stop.
On the captured ships were 23 sailors, six of them were injured.