This will happen if the Kremlin does not report to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on the release of prisoners of war of Ukrainian seafarers by Tuesday"This pressure will be short-term, because we need to achieve the result, and there will be medium-term pressure, as a result of which will be the restriction of Russian maritime activity, military activity. We are planning a lot of things that I am talking about, but I will not say much about it, let it remain outside. camera, "- commented the minister.

Recall that the International Court of Justice has issued a Ukrainian memorandum documenting the violation by the Russian Federation of the Convention on the Financing of Terrorism and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

As reported by 5.UA, on May 25, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, ordered Russia to immediately release three Ukrainian ships and 24 sailors that were captured last November. The Tribunal admitted that Ukrainian ships had the right to pass through the Kerch Strait, while Russia acted within the framework of a law-enforcement, rather than a military operation, as the Russian Federation itself insisted on. The decision of the tribunal is binding.