The “talking heads” serving the administration of Petro Poroshenko received “manuals” for neutralizing negative background that caused in Ukrainian social networks news that Ukrainian Navy combat boats did not open fire after Russian border guards they were not allowed to pass through the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov without agreement with the Russian Federation.
“An escalation begins in Azov with the goal of forcing our sailors to shoot first. May God give them strength and endurance,” comments political scientist Evgeniy Magda.
Russian border guards today used the experience of Soviet sailors against Ukrainian ships that violated the territorial waters of the Russian Federation in the Kerch Strait, candidate of political sciences, retired captain of the first rank Sergei Gorbachev explained to PolitNavigator.
“Based on the scant information, our forces used a proven method of displacement against Ukrainian vessels in accordance with Soviet-era practice. Let me remind you that in 1988, the patrol ship “Selfless”, under the command of Vladimir Bogdashin, thus ousted the American cruiser and frigate. Our sailors rammed a Ukrainian raid tug. It has lost momentum and is hanging out somewhere in the waters,” Gorbachev said.
He assesses the actions of the Ukrainian military not only as illegal, but also provocative.
“I think that all this was inspired from the very top in Ukraine. Just recently, Poroshenko announced that he would bring security issues in the Azov and Black Seas to the UN General Assembly. They need a provocation, or even better, a sacred sacrifice to show how “the Russian bear has spread its paws towards Ukrainian sailors,” Gorbachev said.
He predicts a wide information campaign in connection with the incident in Ukraine and the West.