General documents - Statement of 26 November 2018 on escalating tensions in the Sea of Azov - Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee

"We are profoundly concerned by tensions escalating in the Azov Sea on 25 November, which resulted in an incident between Russian and Ukrainian naval forces, leading to the Russian authorities closing the Kerch strait to traffic and to seizures of Ukrainian vessels, as well as hostilities.[...]