Invaders seized vessel flying Liberian flag - Denisova

This was reported by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova on Facebook.

"On the territory of the Mariupol Sea Commercial Port, the Russian military took hostage the crew members of the Blue Star-1 dry-cargo ship flying the flag of Liberia. 18 sailors, who are citizens of Ukraine, were taken to the temporarily occupied Donetsk. The dry-cargo ship entered the port of Mariupol at the end of February and was blocked. Communication with the crew was lost on March 25. It is known that for lack of food, the crew was forced to switch to two meals a day", she said.

According to Denisova, about 200 crew members of several ships, which were blocked by the Russians in the port of Mariupol, may be in captivity of invaders.

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