Ukraine will behave in the Black Sea region adequately existing threats and be guided by its own laws. This was stated by the Speaker of the State Border Service of the Independent Oleg Slobodyan. Accordingly, the detention of vessels in the Kerch Strait will continue. "Ukraine's position is unambiguous: Crimea - illegally occupied part of Ukraine. Therefore, violations of the order of entry and exit from the occupied territory, law enforcement bodies will react immediately, "Slobodyan explained in an interview with the" Observer ". However, he acknowledged that "at the moment the Kerch Strait is in fact completely controlled by the Russian Federation". However, the message that Moscow intends to intensify the inspection of Ukrainian ships in the region, Slobodyan did not take seriously. "As for what Russia can do: it can do a lot of things, but if it does, we will look. Let's not rush to conclusions and negative forecasts, "- he dismissed. Russian fishing vessel "Nord" was detained by Ukrainian siloviki in the Azov Sea on March 25. A crew of 10 people was accused of violating the maritime boundary. They are forbidden to leave the side of the "Nord", delivered to the port of Berdyansk and there arrested. As reported by the newspaper. ru ", first Ukrainian border guards, armed with two machine guns, gathered fishermen at the stern of the trawler to check documents. The entire crew had Russian passports issued by the Federal Migration Service in Kerch. Fishermen were promised freedom if they provide Ukrainian identity cards.

After the refusal, the crew was locked up on the ship and denied consular assistance from the Russian side, saying that Crimean residents are citizens of Ukraine. On Wednesday, April 4, the captain of the arrested vessel Vladimir Gorbenko was taken for interrogation in the SBU division in the Crimea in Kherson. He is charged with art.. 332-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ("violation of the order of entry / exit to the occupied territory of Ukraine in order to damage the interests of the country"), they write "The News of the Donetsk republic". The captain faces up to five years in prison.