“I have no doubt that the Ukrainian side attaches political importance to this issue. The political dimension in this situation is not in principle. There is a fact of poaching, and it is confirmed by the detainees. They agreed that they were detained correctly, they were essentially detained. Of course, the Ukrainian side will now make a play out of this. They will make a situation when “aggressive Russia attacks an independent Ukraine”. You can only shrug your hands, ”said Kosachev.
According to the senator, the situation should develop “exclusively in the legal field”.
“If and when these fishermen agree that they violated Russian law, God forbid that we let them go and they go to our home. Until this happens, we will be in a state of debate. This dispute will be legal on our part, and political on the Ukrainian side, ”he said.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the charge d'affaires of Russia. He was protested in connection with the detention by the Russian side of four Ukrainian fishermen in the Sea of Azov.