DISINFO: EU and NATO's version of what happened in the Kerch Strait is stimulating war-mongering mood in Kyiv
SUMMARY
Solidarity of the EU and NATO with the Ukrainian version of what happened in the Kerch Strait is only stimulating war-mongering mood in Kyiv and supports those who strive to continuous confrontation.
RESPONSE
There are no viable alternative versions of what happened in the Kerch Strait.
On November 25 border patrol boats belonging to Russia’s FSB security service seized two small Ukrainian armoured artillery vessels and a tug boat and their crews after opening fire at them, wounding several Ukrainian servicemen.
The use of the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov is regulated by a bilateral treaty between Russia and Ukraine, signed in 2003 and ratified by Russia in 2004. According to the document, the Sea of Azov is considered to be the “internal waters” of both Russia and Ukraine.
Accusing Ukraine of aggressive tendencies and violating Russian territorial integrity in the Sea of Azov is a recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about Ukraine.