Ukrainian security forces have stopped a Russian tanker accused of taking part in an attack on Ukraine last year while Iran has seized a U.K. tanker in retaliation for the U.K.'s capture of an
Ukraine has detained a Russian oil tanker, arguing that the ship was involved in an incident between the two countries at sea last year. The incident also marked the opening of a new front in a series of at least three incidents this month alone involving oil and tankers that demonstrates the hazards faced by commercial vessels amid global rivalries.Nika Spirit, at the southwestern port of Izmail.
"Such unlawful actions contributed to violence, with the use of weapons, along with the arrest and capture of Ukrainian warships with 24 crew members by Russia's FSB border guards," it added, accusing Russia of renaming the"with the purpose of concealing involvement in illegal actions and the act of aggression which took place on November 25, 2018."
His counterpart in Russia's upper house of parliament, Konstantin Kosachev, also criticized the move on social media, calling it a poor start for already-strained ties between Moscow and Kiev under recently-elected Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
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