Russian troops attacked two boats of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service, which were carrying out a humanitarian mission within the Ukrainian sea corridor. There are casualties as a result of the attack.
This was reported by the Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine, Oleksii Kuleba.
The evacuation of the victims was carried out by boats of the Ukrainian Navy.
Kuleba noted that small coastal search and rescue vessels are under special protection of international humanitarian law. In particular, such a status is provided for by Article 27 of the Second Geneva Convention of 1949.
As the minister explained, the norm applies to vessels used by the state or officially recognized rescue organizations exclusively for conducting search and rescue operations and providing assistance to people at sea.
"This attack is yet another proof of the russian federation's deliberate disregard for the norms of international law and the creation of a direct threat to the safe functioning of humanitarian maritime corridors in the Black Sea," Kuleba said.
We will remind, under the influence of electronic warfare means of the aggressor country of russia, one of the Ukrainian unmanned sea boats lost control and ended up off the coast of Romania.
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