Russia’s FSB has claimed that one of the Ukrainian POWs seized during the attack on three Ukrainian naval boats in the Kerch Strait may have tortured somebody now living in separatist-held areas of Donbas. This was one of the most absurdly irrelevant accusations to come out of an FSB briefing on December 8, but one worth noting since it echoes a claim made in 2014 where Russia was also in evident breach of international law. Then Russia had abducted Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, following her capture by Russian-led forces in Donbas, and put her on ‘trial’.
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Halya Coynash: Russia invents ‘Donbas link’ to justify its Azov Sea attack on Ukraine
A screenshot from a video shows a Russian coast guard ship ramming a Ukrainian navy tug early on the morning on Nov. 25, 2018, in the Black Sea not far from the Kerch Strait. The video was shot from a Russian ship and leaked online the same day.
