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On June 27, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said via Facebook that while she was on vacation, she has been compelled to respond to numerous inquiries regarding Kyiv’s refusal to accept Moscow’s offer to free Ukrainian sailors. Zakharova was referring to the 24 Ukrainian sailors who, along with their three ships, were captured by Russia last November while heading to the Kerch Strait, the only passage between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov via international waters.In her Facebook post, Zakharova accused Kyiv of using the sailors to blackmail" Russia while "caring nothing" about their fate.The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published a piece on Zakharova’s Facebook comments with the headline: "Kyiv has refused to discuss the question of the release of the sailors
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