OREANDA-NEWS The security service of Ukraine has detained the Russian tanker Neyma in the Izmail port in the Odessa region, the press service of the department reports. According to the Ukrainian side, the Russian ship blocked the passage of the Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait in November 2018. A petition is being prepared for the arrest of the ship.

With the help of Neyma, the Russian special services stopped and captured Ukrainian warships along with 24 crew members, notes the SBU. The service report says that a tanker under the flag of the Russian Federation is now calling Nika Spirit, which has come to the port of Izmail. The tanker Neyma was identified in it by the identification number of the International Maritime Organization, which is assigned to all ships. It does not change depending on the renaming of the vessel or the change of ownership. According to the SBU, the name of the tanker was changed to hide participation in last year’s operation.

On the delayed tanker, the investigative actions authorized by the Ukrainian court were completed - a search, seizure of documents, records of radio communications and logbooks. Interrogated team members.