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UNIAN: Russian coastguards detain Ukrainian fishing vessel off Crimea coast

By UNIAN.

Published May 4, 2018 at 3:53 pm

The fishing boat Nord was detained in the Ukrainian waters of the Azov Sea on March 25. It sails under the Russian flag and is registered in occupied Crimea. Now, Russian officials have detained a Ukrainian vessel off of the Crimean coast.

Photo by Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Russian coastguards have detained a Ukrainian fishing vessel (homeport Ochakiv) west of Cape Tarkhankut off the coast of the illegally annexed Crimea.

“The Ukrainian fishing vessel YMK-0041 homeported in Ochakiv, Ukraine, was detained, Krym-Realii media project reports, referring to the press service of the so-called “Russia’s FSB Border Department in Crimea, Krym.Realii reports.