Official confirmation is still there.
The Ukrainian side checks information on detention in the territorial waters of Libya, the alleged Ukrainian tanker.
“The Consul is verifying information about the alleged detention of the Ukrainian vessel in the territorial waters of Libya. Official confirmation is not”, – is spoken in the message of consular service of the MFA of Ukraine on Twitter.
On the eve it became known that naval forces of Libya seized two vessels suspected of smuggling export of oil from the country, one of them is a tanker “Ruth” under the flag of Ukraine. About this Reuters said the representative of the Libyan Navy Ayub Qassem.
According to him, before the capture of the skirmish, which lasted three hours.
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