Ukraine to seize Russian ship
TASS, 11 Aug — according to the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea Borys Babin ship “Mekhanik Pogodin” belongs to the Russian company that is included in the sanctions list of the NSDC of the country.
The Russian vessel “Mekhanik Pogodin” can be arrested at the trade port of Kherson. The communication from the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea Borys Babin published on August 10 on his page in Facebook.
Employees of the security Service of Ukraine revealed and documented vessel “Mekhanik Pogodin” IMO 9598397 under the Russian flag, owned by a Russian company, which is included in the sanctions list of the NSDC [national security Council and defence of Ukraine. I am sure that it will be released from this port very soon. This time it to anyone to destroy will fail.Boris Babynology representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea
In 2014, the representation of the President of Ukraine in the Crimea was transferred to Kherson. 18 Aug 2017 Babin succeeded as Ambassador Natalia Popovich.
March 25, the Ukrainian border service detained in the sea of Azov fishing boat “Nord” under the Russian flag with a crew of 10 Russian citizens. Captain Vladimir Gorbenko was charged with “violating the procedure of entry in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and exit from it with the purpose of causing harm to the interests of the state.” Two sailors failed to come home. The rest of the crew, the state border service refused to release Russian documents, as official Kiev considers them citizens of Ukraine residing in Crimea.