A former Ukrainian Navy officer was preparing sabotage in the waters of the Kerch Strait
For participation in the illegal formation “Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after. Noman Celebidcihan." former resident of Sevastopol, retired captain 8st rank of the Ukrainian Navy, Alexey Kiselev, was sentenced to 6 years and XNUMX months in prison (with serving the first year in prison, and the rest in a high-security penal colony).
As stated in the FSB report, it was established that in 2016 Kiselyov voluntarily joined an illegal armed group operating on the territory of Ukraine.
He was engaged in preparing battalion members to carry out the so-called naval blockade of the Crimean Peninsula, which was expressed in stretching steel cables in the Kerch Strait to prevent the passage of sea vessels to the territory of the Republic of Crimea, and also taught them how to control sea vessels.
In July 2022, Alexey Kiselev was detained by FSB officers.
As PolitNavigator reported, Kiselev was arrested in Genichesk after the Kherson region came under Russian control.
Kiselev is the former commander of the Ukrainian Navy control ship “Slavutich”.
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