The State Border Service of Ukraine confirmed the detention of a Ukrainian vessel near the coast of the Crimea occupied by the Russian Federation and noted that the circumstances of the case are currently being studied.

Oleg Slobodyan, an assistant to the head of the SBS, stated this in a live broadcast on channel 112, adding that the responsibility for detaining the vessel not far from the annexed Crimea by FSB officers was carried by its captain. The SBS also reported that the vessel was properly decorated and had fishing permits, Glavred writes.

"The vessel was not designed to go beyond the state border of Ukraine, and to say how and why the ship violated the state border of Ukraine and found itself in the zone that we consider temporarily annexed by Russia, while it is difficult. Most likely, the captain of the ship made such a decision and, violating the border of Ukraine, went to where, in their opinion, it would be better to catch, and neglected the risks of being detained by the border forces of the country-occupier, "said Slobodyan.

He added that Ukrainian fishermen in the Crimea may be brought to administrative responsibility for the "violation of the border of the Russian Federation".

Recall Russian border guards detained the vessel with five fishermen from Ochakov, they are accused of poaching.

The Russian authorities of Crimea, having detained the Ukrainian fishing vessel "YMK-0041", violated the norms of international maritime law. This May 4 Crimea. Realists said the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Boris Babin.

"We see another fact of gross violation by the Russian occupation authorities of the norms of international maritime law in the waters of the Black Sea. They detained a small vessel carrying out the appropriate fishing. They do this exclusively in the economic zone of Ukraine, and I am sure that all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies will take all necessary measures to assess these events. Also, I think this will be taken into account by the arbitration on maritime law, "said Babin.

According to him, the department will closely monitor the further development of events.