The arrested Ukrainian military was transferred to Moscow

Ukrainian sailors, arrested by the Russian authorities, after their seizure in the Black Sea, was transported from the pre -trial detention center to the annexed Crimea to Moscow. Messages about this, who were distributed by Crimean activists and lawyers, confirmed by the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights in Crimea Lyudmila Lubin. At first she claimed that the command staff was “transferred to Moscow”, but then she confirmed that all the arrested were sent to Moscow.

Russian lawyer Nikolai Polozov confirmed the site "Crimea. Reali " that the Ukrainian military was taken out of the SIZO Simferopol. In total, 24 Ukrainian troops were arrested, these are military sailors and two employees of the Ukrainian Security Service. At least three of them were injured, on the eve they were discharged from the hospital in Kerch and delivered to the pre -trial detention center.

According to the Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Ivan Leshchi, the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday demanded that Russia until Monday provide information on the whereabouts of the Ukrainian military, legal grounds for their detention, injuries and medical care.

Three Ukrainian ships and their crew were detained by Russia as a result of a power operation in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea near the Kerch Strait. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of provocations. Western countries demand that Russia are free to free sailors, and US President Donald Trump, due to the refusal to do this, canceled the meeting with Vladimir Putin planned for Saturday.