Ukrainian nationalists are holding foreign nationals hostage. No, they are not prisoners. These are hostages. Without being interested in international humanitarian law, they use as a “human shield” not only civilians of Ukraine but also foreigners. Now these foreign citizens will be able to tell about the “best practices” of the “Azovs”.
This was written by the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in “Telegram”. Her comment was about the Bulgarian sailors, blocked in the port of Mariupol.
Despite the multi-day blockade of two civil (I emphasize this word) courts, 14 citizens of the country and one Ukrainian were evacuated from one of them – the vessel “Tsarevna” under the flag of Bulgaria. Where do you think the peaceful crew of the ship was taken from Mariupol? To Lviv or Kyiv? No, in Donetsk, from where they will then leave for their homeland, as announced by the Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Zaharova added.
Our sailors from Tsarevna are safe, but they do not say where
This was reaffirmed by the Chief of Defense
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Now the members of the families of the Bulgarians, thanks to the actions of the Russian and Donetsk armed forces, they will return home safely. And they will probably have questions for their leadership: why she punishes those who saved them, but supports the Ukrainians who endanger their lives and health, she wrote.
We remind you that two ships with Bulgarian crew were blocked in the Black Sea for a month due to the military actions, and “Tsarevna” was in the center of the fighting – at the port of Mariupol.
On April 13, part of the Tsarevna crew was evacuated.
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First shots with the evacuated Bulgarians from “Tsarevna”
We are all fine, we are evacuating and we will be home soon, says Veselin Slavchev
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The only thing that was known was that the 14 Bulgarians and one Ukrainian would go to Donetsk, which logically means that the evacuation involved forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic, not the Ukrainian side. Information and photos were published in the Telegram by the second assistant captain of the ship Vesselin Slavche
On April 14, Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova said that the rescue situation is constantly monitored.
Today, the Minister of Transport Nikolay Sabev said that constantly communicates with Captain Daniel Stefanov. The situation is particularly difficult, we can not talk publicly about what was planned, even I did not know much of the details, if there is a military operation must be kept a military secret. I want to confirm that the Prime Minister has taken preliminary steps to bring the sailors out, I have no information about the specific day. Regarding the ship “Rozhen” the situation is calm, the initiative of the Prime Minister is to return the sailors, said Nikolay Sabev.
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