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Moscow Court Upholds Extending Pretrial Detention Of Ukrainian Sailors
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WATCH: Moscow Court Upholds Extending Pretrial Detention Of Ukrainian Sailors

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-- A court in Moscow has upheld a lower court's decision to extend pretrial detention for six of the 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces along with their three naval vessels in November near the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.

-- The U.S. special peace envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, says Russian propaganda is making it a challenge to solve the conflict in the east of the country.

-- Two more executives of DTEK, Ukraine's largest private power and coal producer, have been charged in a criminal case on August 14 involving an alleged conspiracy to fix electricity prices with the state energy regulator, Interfax reported.

-- A Ukrainian deputy minister and his aide have been detained after allegedly taking a bribe worth $480,000, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau said on Facebook.

*Time stamps on the blog refer to local time in Ukraine

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WATCH: An official Ukrainian video handout shows members of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) boarding the Russian tanker.

Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker Involved In Kerch Strait Incident
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16:04 25.7.2019

Looks like the crew has been released:

Russia's human rights Ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova said that the crew was released without being charged and that they will travel to Moscow via Moldova. Denis Golenko, the press attache at the Russian embassy in Kyiv confirmed their release to Interfax.

15:09 25.7.2019

Little update on the tanker:

A source told Russia’s Interfax news agency that the crew aboard the tanker is comprised of approximately 15 Russian citizens.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it was currently investigating the incident and warned Kyiv of a harsh response.

“If we are talking about taking Russians hostage, this would be qualified as a flagrant violation of international law and consequences will come quickly,” it said in a statement carried by state media.

The incident follows negotiations over the release of the Ukrainian sailors that have gained momentum.

Ukraine’s human-rights ombudswoman, Lyudmyla Denisova, told the Hromadske TV channel that “agreements have already been reached on returning the sailors.”

A UN maritime tribunal on May 25 ruled that Russia must “immediately” release the 24 Ukrainian sailors and three Ukrainian naval vessels that were captured.

14:36 25.7.2019

Interfax is reporting that the crew of the Russian tanker is being sent to Moscow via Moldova:

Моряки с задержанного на Украине российского танкера едут домой, судно
остается в Измаиле - посольство

Москва. 25 июля. ИНТЕРФАКС - Экипаж задержанного на Украине судна
отправляется домой, судно остается в Измаиле, сообщил "Интерфаксу"
пресс-атташе посольства РФ в Киеве Денис Голенко.
"Удалось подтвердить информацию о том, что экипаж по решению
судовладельца отправляется домой, само судно пока остается в Измаиле", -
сказал Голенко.
Ранее издание Strana.ua в четверг со ссылкой на источники в Службе
безопасности Украины сообщило, что "моряков, которых сегодня задержали
на российском танкере, отпустили на свободу... При этом с российских
моряков взяли обязательство являться на допросы по вызову следователя".
"Что чисто юридически не мешает им выехать из Украины - по делу моряки
проходят как свидетели. Следовательно, никаких ограничений на
передвижение не имеют", - говорилось в материале издания.
В четверг Служба безопасности Украины задержала российский танкер
Neyma, который, по версии СБУ, блокировал малые бронированные
артиллерийские корабли "Никополь", "Бердянск" и буксир "Яны Капу" ВМС
Украины в Керченском проливе в ноябре 2018 года. Готовится ходатайство в
суд о его аресте. Следствие установило, что российские владельцы после
инцидента в Керченском проливе изменили название танкера Neyma на Nika
Spirit.
1ва бп

14:02 25.7.2019

Ukrainian accounts on here...

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13:41 25.7.2019

A source told Russia's Interfax news agency that the crew aboard the tanker is comprised of approximately 15 Russian citizens.

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