On November 28, a court in Simferopol arrested nine of the 24 sailors from Ukrainian ships detained by Russia in the Black Sea.
On Wednesday, Oleg Melnichuk, Vladimir Lisovyi, Yevgeny Semidotsky, Andriy Shevchenko from the tugboat Yany Kapu; Bohdan Nebylitsa, Vyacheslav Zinchenko and Andriy Drach (he is called an SBU employee) from the boat Nikopol; Denys Gritsenko and Yuriy Bezyazychny from the boat Berdyansk were arrested.
The remaining 15 people were arrested the day before. 12 sailors appeared in court in Simferopol. Three wounded people who are in hospital were arrested by the court in Kerch - according to Novaya Gazeta, they were not allowed to use the services of independent lawyers.