Shots, landing and silence Turkey: What is known about the attack on Sukru Okan (photo, video)
The incident in the Black Sea caused a violent reaction in society, and the Ukrainian side called the incident an act of piracy. The focus has collected everything that is known at this time about the attack on the Turkish vessel. On August 13, the Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which patrols in the Black Sea, stopped the Schukuk Okan cargo ship, which under the flag of Palau was a course in the Ukrainian port of Izmail.
His crew allegedly ignored the requirement of the Russian ship "Vasyl Bykov" to stop, because of which the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation opened a warning fire. After stopping the vessel, the Russian troops on the Ka-29 helicopter landed on his board and conducted an inspection, after which the ship sailed in the direction of the Ukrainian port.
InformNapalm international community investigators, citing the seafarers of one of the vessels who watched the event from a distance, said the Armed Forces did not conduct a warning fire in the Black Sea during the passage of Sukru Okan vessel in Izmail. "According to sailors, the Sukru Okan ship did not obey the requirements of Ra *** Stev to stop the course, but simply temporarily changed the course in the direction of the shore in the territorial waters of Turkey.
There were no helicopter and warning shots," - said the scouts. According to the organization, only the threats of Russians were heard on radio. "There was a Turkish crew on board Sukru Okan, who" put *** t "on threats and did not conquer. So, Ra *** staged a" successful examination of the "vessel", - experts summed up. According to InformNapalm analysts, they talked with the crew of another vessel - Olvia tanker, which took place in a few miles at a point near Turkey's territorial waters.
Olivia sailors were directly watching the situation with Sukru Okan dry load. "The source states that if the survey of Sukru Okan was later, it was already in the territorial waters of Turkey, and therefore did not see it from the Olvia tanker. . In addition, the Sukru Okan ship was changed on Turkey on the recommendation of Turkish radio. That is, at the observation stage, everything looked like a Sukru Okan crew ignored the Russian teams and went to Turkish territorial waters, "analytics said.
They note that if the events happened in this way, it pulls on an international scandal as the Russians stopped the NATO country. In the operational command "South", on August 13, they could neither refute nor confirm information about the attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on a Turkish civilian vessel. Natalia Humeniuk, the head of the Press Center of the Security and Defense forces of the South.
She noted that in addition to the report of the MoD of the Russian Federation, there were no other official reports of the incident in the Black Sea. "Today we have only one thing - a demonstration of aggression of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. They are trying their best to mark their domination in the Black Sea: as if they are able to stop the vessel, lift aviation, and there will be nothing for them. The type Humeniuk.
Advisor to the head of the office, Mikhail Podolyak, called the case with the Sukru Okan ship in the Black Sea with the participation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by the Piracy and Crime against the Third Country Civil Vessels in the water area of other countries. "This precedent with an attempt to introduce" Kapper law "requires a clear legal fixation, the establishment of all persons and the recognition of the fact of committing a crime by the international community.
Ukraine will draw all the necessary conclusions and choose the optimal answer," Podolyak wrote. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemned the provocative actions of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea on the Turkish drying "Schuku Okan", which was heading to the port of Izmail. "The Navy of the Russian Federation has grossly violated the UN Statute, the UN Convention on the Sea and other rules of international law.
Such actions have become another example of a purposeful policy of Russia to create threats to freedom of navigation and security of trade navigation in the Black Sea. Take decisive measures to prevent the actions of the Russian Federation that impede the peaceful passage of ships in the Black Sea, " - the message reads. The Foreign Ministry noted that Russia should be deprived of the opportunity to block international routes in the Black Sea.
The representative of the Ministry of National Defense said that the ship was heading to Romania, and the ministry became interested in the case. There is no other official statement of Turkey about the incident in the Black Sea. According to the Wesselfinder site, which is engaged in maritime transport monitoring, the Sukru Okan truck departed from Cartal this morning, August 14, and at noon reached Bulgarian territorial waters.