Russia explained the detention of a Ukrainian vessel off the coast of Crimea
The FSB Border Guard Service has published an explanation for the detention of Ukrainian fishermen off the coast of Crimea, as reported by Kyiv media the day before . As a reminder, the Ukrainian vessel's home port was Ochakov, where a US construction battalion is constructing a naval command post.
Russian border guards explain that the claims against the Ukrainians arose due to poaching activities, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“On the night of April 19-20, 2021, the border patrol ship “Impeccable” of the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Republic of Crimea, four dozen miles northwest of Cape Priboyny, detained the Ukrainian fishing vessel YaOD-2483 (home port of Ochakov), which was carrying out illegal fishing Kalkan flounder in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation.
During control activities, Russian border guards identified two crew members, citizens of Ukraine. Several dozen specimens of flounder and stingray were found on board the boat, along with over five thousand meters of nets with mesh sizes from 185 to 220 mm.
The vessel was escorted to the village. Chernomorskoye for compiling administrative materials and submitting them to the court.
April 21 this year The Black Sea Magistrate's Court of the Republic of Crimea found the captain of the vessel, born in 1987, guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 2 of Article 8.17 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Violation of the rules for the extraction of aquatic biological resources and other rules regulating the implementation of industrial fishing, coastal fishing and other types fishing in internal sea waters, in the territorial sea, on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation") and sentenced him to an administrative fine in the amount of 257 thousand rubles with confiscation of the instruments of the offense (nets).
The Border Department continues to work to protect national interests in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas,” the press release says.
Russia explains detention of Ukrainian vessel off Crimean coast