The Ministry of Veterans Affairs together with the Crimean Human Rights Group prepared a draft of sanctions against the Russians involved in the illegal capture of 24 Ukrainian sailors and the “trial” of it.

" And also against the so-called “investigators”, “prosecutors” and “judges who arranged politically motivated trials of Ukrainian citizens,” the ministry said.

Now the draft regulation on the application of restrictive measures (sanctions) is aimed at coordination with the relevant authorities. The project should also be considered by the government, and if adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers, it will become the basis for the introduction by the National Security and Defense Council of sanctions against several dozen people.

Recall, on November 25, 2018, Russian special forces attacked and captured two boats and a raid tug of the Ukrainian Navy, heading from Odessa to Mariupol. As a result of the attack, three sailors were injured, 24 Ukrainian servicemen were captured.

The attack in the Kerch Strait region became the first open aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine since 2014.

Russia refused to recognize captured sailors as prisoners of war, FSB investigators fabricated charges of "

On May 25, 2019, the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea made a decision, which ordered the Russian Federation to immediately release the sailors and ships of the Navy.

However, the sailors returned to Ukraine only on September 7, when the exchange of retained persons between Ukraine and the Russian Federation took place.. Russia returned the captured ships on November 18.