{"id":91238,"date":"2018-11-30T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=69920"},"modified":"2018-11-30T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:15:03","slug":"69920-russian-aggression-azov-three-ukrainian-captains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/69920-russian-aggression-azov-three-ukrainian-captains","title":{"rendered":"Russian aggression on Azov: three Ukrainian captains"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the world is discussing military, geopolitical and economic consequences of the Russian aggression in proximity to the Azov Sea, 24 Ukrainian sailors from the three vessels seized by the Russian Federation military are staying in captivity. The \u201ccourt\u201d of the occupational authorities in Crimea \u201cruled\u201d to hold them in custody until January 25. None of the three captains of the ships pleaded guilty. UCMC collected the information available, here\u2019s what we know so far about them.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Captain of \u201cBerdyansk\u201d artillery motor boat<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He refused to give the testimony that the Russian Federal Security Service required on a video record. As the rights observers say, he \u201cflipped off on chekists\u201d. An excellent officer and a brave person, that\u2019s how the lawyers characterize the \u201cBerdyansk\u201d commander \u2013 31-year-old Roman Mokryak.<\/p>\n

Mokryak entered on service in Crimea at 17 with the only Ukrainian submarine \u201cZaporizhzhia\u201d. When the vessels of the Ukrainian Naval Forces began to get seized by the \u201cgreen men\u201d, he resisted with the crew. Later with a few co-militaries he left the annexed peninsula refusing to betray his oath of allegiance. In 2015 Mokryak continued his service with the Ukrainian Naval Forces at the \u201cPryluky\u201d missile boat on board of which he also lived. Two years ago Roman took over the \u201cBerdyansk\u201d armored motor boar as the commander.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis family lives in a village outside Kropyvnytskyi (central Ukraine \u2013 UCMC),\u201d told TVI media Roman\u2019s cousin Taras Kravchenko. \u201cHis father is a military, an ATO veteran. His mother is a primary school teacher and an army supply volunteer well-known in the region. Roman has two brothers: one is a high jump champion of Ukraine, the other is a businessman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Captain of \u201cNikopol\u201d small armored artillery boat<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Twenty-four-year-old Bohdan Nebylytsia is a live legend. He was among the cadets of the Naval Academy in Sevastopol who refused to side with the occupants four years ago during the annexation of Crimea and sang Ukraine\u2019s anthem at the Russian flag raising ceremony. The video went viral.<\/p>\n

Bohdan dreamt of becoming a sailor since childhood, so he left for Sevastopol from his native Sumy region (north-eastern Ukraine) when still a teenager. He entered a lyceum, then the Nakhimov college. After the annexation he had to leave the peninsula, the cadets who stayed true to the oath were granted diplomas and insignia already in Odesa. In 2016 Nebylytsia served on \u201cPryluky\u201d missile boat together with Roman Mokryak. In 2017 he took over the \u201cNikopol\u201d armored motor boat as the commander. A few weeks ago it became known that it is Nebylytsia who will be the commander of one of the Island class motor boats that the US granted Ukraine. The selection was competition-based, Bohdan passed a series of tests and was chosen as the best candidate. In one of the interviews he said: \u201cIt is a big responsibility. Buttheofficerafraidofresponsibilityisworthnothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

On November 27 the Kyiv \u201cdistrict court\u201d of Simferopol arrested Roman Mokryak for a month and 29 days. On November 28 the arrest order was \u201cissued\u201d for Bohdan Nebylytsia. Same as the rest of the crew members of the armored motor boats they are being charged with \u201cthe illegal crossing of the border in a group of persons\u201d based on the part 3 of the article 322 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation leading to imprisonment from three to six years.<\/p>\n

Captain\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>Yany<\/strong>Kapu<\/strong>\u201d <\/strong>tugboat<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Twenty-three-year-old Oleh Melnychuk, captain of the \u201cYany Kapu\u201d tugboat, came into the spotlight by using his right to an interpreter in \u201ccourt\u201d. He claimed to \u201cnot understand the Russian language in full\u201d. The \u201ccourt\u201d in Crimea provided him with a Russian-Ukrainian interpreter.<\/p>\n

Melnychuk does not plead guilty and is ready to defend his position in court. His lawyer Smedlyayev stated they are going to appeal the ruling of the \u201ccourt\u201d subordinated to the occupational authorities.<\/p>\n

Oleh\u2019s mother Larysa, a kindergarten teacher in Smila, Cherkasy region (central Ukraine), told<\/a>\u00a0journalists she is proud of her son and considers him a good serviceman. She is hoping to have him back home soon.<\/p>\n

Same as the other 23 prisoners-of-war Oleh Melnychuk was \u201carrested\u201d by the \u201ccourt\u201d until January 25, 2019.<\/p>\n

Where are the sailors now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On November 29 Crimean Tatar activist Nariman Dzhelyal and lawyers of the captured Ukrainians Dzhemil Temyshev and Emine Avamileva stated that the Ukrainian navy were started to be transferred from the occupied Crimea to Moscow. According to the lawyer Nikolay Polozov, Ukrainian sailors will be most likely sent to Moscow and placed into \u201cthe personal prison of the Federal Security Service\u201d \u2013 Lefortovo.<\/p>\n

However the deputy head of the Mejlis, Crimean Tatar representative body, Akhtem Chyigoz referring to own sources said that as of the evening of November 29 the Ukrainian military sailors captured near the Kerch Strait are in the occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner on human rights Lyudmyla Denysova addressed the Russian Ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova demanding to provide information on the whereabouts of the Ukrainian war prisoners.<\/p>\n

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While the world is discussing military, geopolitical and economic consequences of the Russian aggression in proximity to the Azov Sea, 24 Ukrainian sailors from the three vessels seized by the Russian Federation military are staying in captivity. The \u201ccourt\u201d of the occupational authorities in Crimea \u201cruled\u201d to hold them in custody until January 25. 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