Mother of capture Ukrainian sailor calls for his release Pensioner Olga Oprysko only found out her son had been captured by Russian forces after a neighbour in her small western Ukrainian village told her about an incident in the Azov Sea. When she switched on her television, the 74-year-old saw that Russian border guards were holding Ukrainian sailors after a confrontation in the Kerch Strait -- a waterway that gives access to the Azov Sea from the Black Sea. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES