“I want to inform everyone that there was no threat to the crew and our ship, it has almost returned to the port, no incidents have occurred,” RIA Novosti quoted Reznikov as saying on the air of 1 + 1 TV channel.

According to him, this vessel is a search and rescue vessel, has no weapons and was legally in the Sea of ​​Azov.

Earlier, the Russian Federal Security Service reported that the ship "Donbass" of the Ukrainian Navy, which was moving towards the Kerch Strait, was on the opposite course.