The 24 sailors, who are risking six years of imprisonment, detained in november last year after Russian troops first opened fire upon and then boarded three Ukrainian ships just outside the Krimhalvöns coast.
the Ukrainian government hopes to have a decision from the havsrättsdomstolen to force Russia to move Ukraine to the meeting, something that by the fact that Russia does not recognise the court’s legitimacy.
the Conflict of the sailors is seen as a part of the countries to say the least strained relationship since Russia occupied the crimean peninsula for four years ago. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the armed conflict.
