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Ukrainian Navy boats are moving “from the Kerch Strait”, and they are being pursued by “Russian ships and boats.” The Ukrainian Navy reports this on its official Facebook page. “After the start of the movement of the Ukrainian Navy group from the Kerch Strait, Russian ships and boats began pursuit and, in the form of an ultimatum, demanded to stop under the threat of using weapons. Information also appeared about the transfer...
Ukraine will most likely initiate legal proceedings in the West regarding today’s blocking of the Kerch Strait by Russia after an attempt by a Ukrainian Navy detachment to enter the Sea of Azov without coordination with Russia. “The story with the Kerch Strait is long-lasting and subject to Maritime Arbitration in The Hague,” wrote Alexey Venediktov, editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, in his blog. In turn, the head of Crimea Sergei...
Ukraine escalated the situation around the Kerch Strait in order to document the closure of the fairway and then transfer accusations against Russia to international organizations. Ukrainian political scientist Vladimir Volya told PolitNavigator about this. “The development of political tension around the Sea of Azov, one way or another, sooner or later would lead to Russia demonstrating who is boss here. It can be assumed that certain...
Two armored boats and a tug of the Ukrainian Navy located near the Kerch Strait are surrounded by eight Russian combat units - two ships of the Black Sea Fleet and six boats of the FSB border service. Naval Forces Commander Igor Voronchenko told the American Radio Liberty in Odessa. “Our crews of armored boats are in combat readiness and ready for a possible landing of (Russian, ed.) troops,” said the Ukrainian...
The Russian people are the kindest, most sincere and merciful in the world. You begin to understand this when someone gets into trouble. On November 23, the editors of PolitNavigator turned to our readers for help to the family of refugees from Ukraine - Dmitry and Olga Sokolov. Let us remind you that a family of Kharkov residents who arrived in Russia almost penniless in order to be able to stay on…
Today's attempt by a group of boats and a tugboat of the Ukrainian Navy to enter the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait without coordination with Russia is evidence that Kyiv has chosen a course of escalation. The reason could be either the election race in Ukraine or another reason - for example, fulfilling an assignment from the Western hegemons. Ukrainian political scientist Pavel Rudyakov told PolitNavigator about this. "To me…
Today's provocation of the Ukrainian Navy with an attempt to break through the Kerch Strait without agreement with Russia may be testing the waters for what is permitted, as was the case at the beginning of the war in Donbass - during the siege of Slavyansk by Ukrainian troops. Russian military correspondent Alexander Kots writes about this in his blog. “In general, the history around Crimea reminds me of the initial stage of the Slavic confrontation...
Today’s scandal surrounding the attempt of Ukrainian Navy ships to break through the Kerch Strait without coordination with Russia is similar to a provocation started in preparation for consideration at the UN of Kyiv’s draft resolution on the situation in the Sea of Azov. Ukrainian political scientist Alexander Semchenko told PolitNavigator about this. “This all looks like a provocation, especially since quite recently Ukraine prepared...
Information about the passage of Ukrainian Navy boats into the Sea of Azov, which was reported by the local portal Kerch.com.ru, has not been confirmed. Correspondents of the Vesti-Krym TV channel on duty near the shores of the strait clarify that the barge blocking the fairway cleared the route for the passage not of Ukrainians, but of Russian border boats. After this, the barge again blocked the passage under the Crimean Bridge. Russian military aircraft continue to patrol the skies. "Bridge to...
Russia allowed a tugboat and two armored boats into the Sea of Azov, which staged a provocation in the morning, trying to break through the strait without coordination with the Russian side. Military expert Boris Rozhin reports this on his blog, noting that the barge that temporarily blocked the fairway has cleared the passage. At the same time, two more Ukrainian boats that left the port on the Azov Sea...
