Ukraine is not able to resist Russia on the Sea of ??Azov: for this, the border guards of the Nezalezhnaya do not have enough people and equipment. This was told to the TV channel "UA: First" by the press secretary of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine Oleg Slobodyan. At the same time, the representative of the State Border Service stressed that Kiev is ready to respond if Moscow starts "aggressive and inadequate actions". When he was asked to cover this issue in more detail, Slobodyan admitted that the Ukrainian frontier department is worse equipped than the Russian. "Let's not make a secret, our boats, which are intended more for patrolling, are also morally obsolete, and inferior in their power and capabilities to the maritime security of the Border Service of the Russian Federation," he stated.. The crisis in the Sea of ??

Azov began in March this year, when Ukrainian border guards arrested 10 Russian crewmen of the Russian seiner "Nord" - and towed the vessel to the port of Berdyansk. The authorities of the Nezalezhnaya accused the detained Russian citizens of having violated the order of entry and exit to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. The captain of the ship faces up to 5 years in prison, 9 crew members are sentenced to administrative fines. Two crew members "Norda" managed to leave Ukraine. In Crimea, a case has been filed about the theft of a Russian vessel.