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US detains one Ukrainian sailor on the Bella1/Marinera Tanker
The US detained one Ukrainian sailor from the arrested tanker Bella1. The other 16 Ukrainians disembarked in the UK.
This was reported by the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States, according to Censor.NET with a reference to Suspilne.
What is known?
"One Ukrainian citizen has been detained. He will be transported to the United States, where legal proceedings will be carried out against him," they said.
The US will inform Ukrainian diplomats after the detainee is delivered to the US for further proceedings.
"Another 16 Ukrainian citizens landed in the UK," the embassy added.
What preceded it?
- On January 7, it was reported that the US had detained the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean Sea.
- Earlier it became known that on January 7, the US seized a tanker flying the Russian flag, Bella-1/Marinera, in the North Atlantic. The tanker was sailing from Venezuela to Russia.
- The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Russian citizens were on board the tanker. They demanded that the US ensure "humane and dignified treatment" of their citizens on the ship, respect their rights and interests, and not prevent the Russians from returning home from the ship as soon as possible.
- The Ukrainian ambassador to the US reported that there are 17 crew members with Ukrainian citizenship on board the detained oil tanker Marinera (Bella-1).
