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Ukraine officials search Russian vessel over fuel delivery

Sunday, 11 August 2019 10:14 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 11 August 2019 10:14 AM ]

Russian Navy missile launcher ship Naberezhnye Chelny sails during a parade as part of the Navy Day celebration in Sevastopol, Crimea, on July 28, 2019. (File Photo)

Ukrainian prosecutors said they had searched a Russian vessel in the Black Sea port of Kherson on Saturday as part of an investigation into a suspected illegal delivery of Russian fuel to Crimea in 2015.

The prosecutors said in a statement on Sunday that the ship, the Maria, had delivered fuel to Crimea in 2015 and was now being searched in relation to that delivery.

“The prosecutors office... conducts a search in Kherson on the vessel Maria which is suspected of smuggling oil products,” the prosecutors office said in a statement.

“In June 2015, the same vessel, but under the name Vilga, supplied fuel to the units of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.”

The office gave no more details.

Last month, Ukraine seized a Russian tanker over its alleged involvement in Russia’s capture of three Ukrainian navy vessels last year.

PressTV-Russia warns Ukraine of ‘consequences’ after tanker seized

Russia warns Ukraine that it will soon face “consequences” after the latter country seized a Russian oil tanker, claiming it had been involved in a previous naval confrontation with Kiev.

Russia seized the Ukrainian ships after opening fire on them and is still holding 24 Ukrainian sailors who were on board at the time, accusing them of illegally entering its territorial waters, a charge they deny.

(Source: Reuters)

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