Several Ukrainian seamen injured in Kerch Strait incident taken to Moscow, - Ukraine president's envoy
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's permanent representative in Crimea, Borys Babin told 112 Ukraine TV channel, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.
"We know that several wounded seamen have been transported to Moscow," Babin said adding that Russia reported three sailors being wounded while Ukraine knows about six.
He said there is information that three Ukrainian seamen with shrapnel injuries had undergone surgery.
As reported, three Ukrainian vessels remain seized by Russian special forces in the Black Sea after fire was opened on them. Two Ukrainian boats Berdiansk and Nikopol were struck by enemy fire and lost their course. The Yanu Kapu tugboat was also forced to stop. At least six Ukrainian servicemen were wounded.
President Petro Poroshenko held a War Cabinet due to extraordinary events in the Azov Sea. Ukraine asked for a meeting of the UN Security Council to be urgently convened.
During an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, Poroshenko supported the proposal of the War Cabinet regarding the introduction of martial law in Ukraine.
