The war between Ukraine and Russia crosses borders and has provoked a serious incident in Mallorca. Agents of the Guardia Civil proceeded to the arrest this past Saturday, at 12.35 hours, a Ukrainian sailor accused of partially sinking a luxury yacht valued at about 7 million euros and which has its base of operations in Port Adriano, in Calvia.
The detainee had been working on the Lady Anastasia yacht for about ten years. The owner of the vessel is Russian citizen Alexander Mijeev, who held the position of head of the Russian helicopter corporation that mainly produces these aircraft for the Russian military. In 2016, he was promoted in a corporation that sells weapons worldwide. Now, the two companies form a holding company called Rostec. All this is clear from the statement in court of the arrested Ukrainian sailor.
The now detained seaman points out that the owner of the ship is in charge of the production of weapons with which his country is being attacked. When the sailor saw on TV a Russian cruise missile in a block of apartments where there were civilian people he had a very bad time. “The weaponized warhead did not explode, but still more than five floors were destroyed,” he reads in his statement to the judge. He understood that it was a cruise missile produced by his boss’s company and became enraged. For that reason, he returned to the ship and remembering that he lives in Kiev in an apartment similar to the one attacked, he decided to take revenge on the owner, causing only material damage, never personal.
Once on the ship he opened a large valve in the engine room and a second one in another compartment where the crew lives. He closed the fuel valves and turned off the electricity so that there would be no leaks. He informed three crewmen to leave the ship and they began to shriek that he was crazy. He reminded them that they too were Ukrainians and that their homeland had suffered an attack. He also told them that he would take full responsibility. They tried to stop the water leak, along with the Port Adriano workers. When the police arrived the sailor told them, “The owner of this ship is a criminal who makes a living selling weapons and now they kill Ukrainians.” This Sunday, the arrested man was brought to court and the judge released him with charges.
This is what the rule of law looks like, as unjust as the outcome may seem.
This is what you are fighting for — not revanchism, intimidation, fear, vigilantism, corruption, bribery — equal treatment before the law. And it is worth dying for.
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The war between Ukraine and Russia crosses borders and has provoked a serious incident in Mallorca. Agents of the Guardia Civil proceeded to the arrest this past Saturday, at 12.35 hours, a Ukrainian sailor accused of partially sinking a luxury yacht valued at about 7 million euros and which has its base of operations in Port Adriano, in Calvia.
The detainee had been working on the Lady Anastasia yacht for about ten years. The owner of the vessel is Russian citizen Alexander Mijeev, who held the position of head of the Russian helicopter corporation that mainly produces these aircraft for the Russian military. In 2016, he was promoted in a corporation that sells weapons worldwide. Now, the two companies form a holding company called Rostec. All this is clear from the statement in court of the arrested Ukrainian sailor.
The now detained seaman points out that the owner of the ship is in charge of the production of weapons with which his country is being attacked. When the sailor saw on TV a Russian cruise missile in a block of apartments where there were civilian people he had a very bad time. “The weaponized warhead did not explode, but still more than five floors were destroyed,” he reads in his statement to the judge. He understood that it was a cruise missile produced by his boss’s company and became enraged. For that reason, he returned to the ship and remembering that he lives in Kiev in an apartment similar to the one attacked, he decided to take revenge on the owner, causing only material damage, never personal.
Once on the ship he opened a large valve in the engine room and a second one in another compartment where the crew lives. He closed the fuel valves and turned off the electricity so that there would be no leaks. He informed three crewmen to leave the ship and they began to shriek that he was crazy. He reminded them that they too were Ukrainians and that their homeland had suffered an attack. He also told them that he would take full responsibility. They tried to stop the water leak, along with the Port Adriano workers. When the police arrived the sailor told them, “The owner of this ship is a criminal who makes a living selling weapons and now they kill Ukrainians.” This Sunday, the arrested man was brought to court and the judge released him with charges.
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This is what the rule of law looks like, as unjust as the outcome may seem.
This is what you are fighting for — not revanchism, intimidation, fear, vigilantism, corruption, bribery — equal treatment before the law. And it is worth dying for.