The inquiry into the case of 24 Ukrainian sailors arrested following the Kerch Strait incident in fall 2018 has been practically concluded

Last November, Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships and captured dozens of sailors, sparking outrage in Ukraine. The case is now being heard at a UN sea tribunal in Hamburg, but Russia has vowed not to show

The Ukrainian Week talked with Acting U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on the act of aggression in the Kerch Strait and the military assistance to Ukraine.

Russia may hand over 24 Ukrainian navy sailors seized off the coast of Crimea as part of a prisoner swap deal with Ukraine later this year, the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper cited a highly-placed Russian diplomatic source

How can Ukraine protect the seamen who were taken prisoner by Russia?

What are the military and informational dimensions of the attack in the Black Sea?

Lawyers visiting wounded Ukrainian prisoners of war, seamen Andriy Eider and Andriy Artemenko, in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina facility

Lawyer: It will depend on the "political situation and the political will of the Kremlin"

Washington is deeply concerned over the attack at Ukrainian vessels by Russia in international waters on Nov. 25, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper has said

About current situation in Ukraine and martial law

Prosecutions launched in Crimean court against Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in Kerch strait on Sunday

Ukrainian officials say at least six sailors were wounded and denies doing anything wrong, accusing Russia of military aggression