The 24 sailors Russia has seized and taken captive after a Russian attack on three Ukrainian Navy boats in the Azov Sea are prisoners of war, Ukrainian officials have said. This means that their arrest by Russia until Jan. 25, 2019, and transfer to a Moscow remand prison violates international law.
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A detained Ukrainian sailor is escorted to a car after a court hearing in Simferopol, Crimea, on Nov. 28, 2018.
