On board the ships of the Naval Forces of Ukraine, which were detained by Russian border guards in the Kerch Strait, were security officers. This was stated by the head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Gritsak. "The officers of the Ukrainian special services performed the tasks of counterintelligence support of the Ukrainian Navy unit, as provided for by article 12 of the law" On the Security Service of Ukraine, ". According to Gritsak, this is a common practice: military counterintelligence everywhere accompanies the units of the Armed Forces, the National Guard and the State Border Service of Ukraine. Moreover, in Russia, according to the head of the organization, a similar practice has been adopted.. The “surprise” of some Russian officials about the presence of SBU officers on board ships does not at all indicate the absence of such practices in the counterintelligence agencies of the aggressor country, ”the special service said. On the eve of the Ukrainian seamen during the interrogation of the FSB admitted that they are agents of the SBU and that they deliberately went to the violation of the state border. This was indicated by the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky. "At one of the courts there were two officers of the security services of Ukraine, who admitted that they had a special task - to act in exactly this way," the diplomat said. One of the detainees, the captain of the third rank, Vladimir Lesovoy, stated that he had the order to transfer military ships with military weapons on board from Odessa to Mariupol in spite of everything. "Requests on VHF radio stations (from the Russian side) deliberately ignored. At the time of the transition on board were small arms, as well as machine guns DShK with ammunition. I realized that the actions of the grouping of ships of the Naval Forces of Ukraine in the Kerch Strait are provocative, "the captain confirmed.

On Sunday, November 25, three ships of the Naval Forces of Ukraine violated the order of passage through the territorial waters of Russia while en route from the Black Sea to the Sea of ??Azov. Weapons were used to force them to stop in the Kerch Strait, three Ukrainian sailors were slightly injured and given medical assistance.. The ships were detained and delivered to Kerch. Criminal case initiated on violation of the state border of the Russian Federation. Kiev announced the introduction of martial law in the country.