KYIV, Feb 20 – Ukraine filed its memorandum in arbitration proceedings against the Russian Federation under the UN Convention on the Sea Law, which proves that Russia violated Ukraine's sovereign rights in the Black and Azov Seas and the Kerch Strait, the Foreign Ministry reported Monday.

"Since 2014, Russia has unlawfully excluded Ukraine from exercising its maritime rights; it has exploited Ukraine's sovereign resources for its own ends; and it has usurped Ukraine's right to regulate within its own maritime areas. Through these violations of international law, Russia is stealing Ukraine's energy and fisheries resources, harming the livelihoods of Ukrainian fishermen, and blocking traffic to Ukrainian ports with its illegal bridge over the Kerch Strait, among other serious violations," the message reads.