In Crimea, they appreciated Kiev’s plans to “crush Russia”: Politics: Russia: Lenta.ru
Kiev’s statements about plans to crush Russia in court in The Hague over the incident in the Kerch Strait are sheer profanity. So the head of the working group on international legal issues at the representation of the Republic of Crimea, Alexander Molokhov, assessed the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba. Molokhov’s words are conveyed RIA News…
He, that in 2019 Russia added an act of goodwill, “letting the Ukrainian sailors go home that violated the border, but this incident did not teach the Kiev authorities anything.
According to Molokhov, the International Public Tribunal would help to resolve all issues. In particular, an investigative experiment may be conducted for the court to recreate the situation of detention of Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait region in November 2018.
On October 16, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev would be able to “beautifully and in accordance with international law” crush Russia with the logic of legal arguments in The Hague.
On October 11, the Hague began hearings on the detention of Ukrainian boats by the FSB border department in the Kerch Strait region on November 25, 2018. The trial was initiated by the Ukrainian side in April 2019. Kiev accuses Moscow of violating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, while Russia calls Kiev’s actions a provocation.