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Danish Foreign Minister calls for sanctions against Russia for keeping Ukrainian sailors in detention

Published Jan. 21, 2019 at 5:50 pm

First vice-president of the European Commission in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Frans Timmermans (L) talks with Danish Forein Affairs minister Anders Samuelsen (R) during a General Affairs Council meeting on Jan. 8, 2019 at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

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The European Union will have to consider the possibility of imposing sanctions on Russia for keeping Ukrainian sailors as prisoners of war, Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen says.

“Russia still detains 24 Ukrainian seamen. If not released soon, the EU will have to look into sanctions against Russia,” the Danish Foreign Minister tweeted on Monday.

Samuelsen also called Russia’s behavior in the Sea of Azov unacceptable.