When Russian ships attacked three vessels of Ukraine’s Navy on November 25, the “incident” was nothing short of an act of war. The Ukrainian ships – two gunboats and a tug – were sailing in the Black Sea toward the Azov Sea when they were confronted by Russian forces near the entrance to the Kerch Strait. The Russian coast guard first rammed the tugboat, and later fired upon and seized all three vessels and their crew. Six of the sailors were wounded; two of them seriously. Twenty-four sailors are now prisoners of war held by Russia; they’re in pre-trial detention for 60 days as ordered by a Russian court in occupied Crimea. The charge: trespassing on “Russian territory.”