impressment by Russia. That is illegal. Russia's powerful presence imposes a will against the Ukrainian government which robs it of it's assets. And if Russia adopts the Ukraine's assets as their own, that is piracy.
Ukrainian Navy flagship Hetman Sahaidachny (click here) has reportedly refused orders from Kiev and defected to the Russian side, a Russian senator has claimed in an interview with Ivestia Daily.
“Ukraine’s Navy flagship the Hetman Sahaidachny has come over to our side today. It has hung out the St Andrew’s flag,” Sen. Igor Morozov, a member of the committee on the international affairs, told Izvestia. “The crew has fulfilled the order by the chief commander of Ukraine’s armed forces Viktor Yanukovych.”
The ship recently took part in counter-piracy patrols with EU naval forces and was sailing towards its homeport of Sevastopol, Naval Today reports....
