KYIV. Dec 7 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has demanded the unconditional release of the Ukrainian sailors detained by the Russian border guard in the Kerch Strait on November 25.
"We call on the Kremlin to release the Ukrainian sailors immediately and without any preliminary conditions, immediately return the seized Ukrainian military ships, fully reopen the Kerch Strait to shipping in accordance with international law, and deoccupy the Sea of Azov by unblocking the operations of the Ukrainian ports there," Poroshenko said at a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in Kyiv on Friday.