Odesa detention of a Russian ship over suspected sand extraction
A look back at a vessel seized in Odesa and a fatal level-crossing collision in Crimea reported in the same days of April 2018.
What happened in Ukraine's ports and on its roads and rails in the days around 10 April 2018? Two incidents were reported, one involving a ship and the other a deadly collision.
On 10 April 2018, Ukraine detained a Russian ship in Odesa. The vessel was suspected of illegally extracting sand. The detention was reported that day as an enforcement action in the port city.
Two days earlier, on 8 April 2018, a bus collided with a train near Armyansk, in Crimea. Five people were killed and four others were injured in the crash.
The two events were unrelated. One concerned the policing of natural resources and shipping in Odesa. The other was a transport tragedy on the Crimean peninsula, with a death toll of five and four people hurt.
