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Turkey is not going to refuse to comply with the Montreux Convention, which limits the stay of its NATO allies in the Black Sea to 21 days in peacetime (ships are not allowed through in wartime). This was stated at the Second Black Sea Conference on the security of the “Crimean platform” in Sofia by the Deputy Director General for Defense and Security of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Rear Admiral Refik Levent Tezcan,…
Russia will have nothing to station at the new Black Sea Fleet base in Abkhazia if Ukraine sinks the ships remaining in the Russian Federation. Former commander of the Ukrainian Navy Igor Voronchenko stated this at the Second Black Sea Conference on the security of the “Crimean platform” in Sofia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “To prevent Russia from building a base in Abkhazia, there are 11 ships left that need to be sunk. I think that…
One of the priority targets for Ukraine in the Black Sea should be Russian landing ships. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, said by 1st rank reserve captain, former deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian Naval Forces Andrei Ryzhenko, who named Russian landing ships in the Black Sea as one of the priority targets for Ukraine. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine must knock them out, because these ships are used both for logistics...
The US could be drawn into a conflict with Russia in the Black Sea if it decides to send its ships to the region. Retired US Army Colonel, planner of a number of major military campaigns, Douglas McGregor, said this on the Internet channel “Strategic Insights Hub,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to McGregor, Russia is very sensitive to NATO maneuvers in the Black Sea region...
Ukraine deprived the Black Sea Fleet of the opportunity to operate in the western part of the sea and allegedly forced it to leave Crimea. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated this at the second parliamentary summit of the so-called “Crimean Platform,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is in the Black Sea region, precisely in the situation around Crimea, that we can best see how our tactics are working. I'll be frank. For many…
In war conditions, it is completely normal that the Russian command makes a decision to disperse the Russian Black Sea Fleet along the entire Black Sea coast, which has nothing to do with the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on Sevastopol. Russian military expert Konstantin Sivkov stated this on the Internet channel “Book Day,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Wall Street Journal stated that the bulk of the Black Sea Fleet is from Sevastopol...
In connection with Moscow’s withdrawal from the grain deal, all ships in the Black Sea heading to Ukrainian ports will be considered by the Russian army as potential carriers of military cargo, and, accordingly, legitimate targets. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Accordingly, the flag countries of such vessels will be considered involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side...
The Black Sea Fleet does not need large ships of the first rank. The former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Alexander Vitko, stated this at the Solovyov Readings in Sevastopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I realized a long time ago that this outdated gradation into ships of the first and second ranks and aircraft carriers must be ended. The question is not what rank the ship is, but what rank it carries...
Six landing ships of the Baltic and Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy moved from the Baltic and Barents Sea towards the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Crimean economist Andrei Klimenko, favored by the Party of Regions, reported this on his Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On January 17-18, 2022, 6 large landing ships left the Baltic Sea at once (3 from...
Reaction of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the entry into the Black Sea of the flagship Mount Whitney of the US Navy's Sixth Fleet, where the American destroyer Porter, equipped with cruise missiles, Tomahawk, is already located. – This is a reflection of the growing tension around Ukraine. Vasily Kashin, Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Statement by Vladimir Putin...
Ukrainian experts dream of how the US 6th Fleet will block the Russian Navy's logistics center in Tartus, Syria. The Kiev online publication Zerkalo Nedeli writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Of course, it would be nice if our Western partners decided to temporarily deploy a joint operation in the Black Sea to patrol sea routes to the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. Support...
US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Clark Cooper said Washington is unhappy that Cyprus is not taking any action to stop Russian warships from calling at its ports. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, as reported by Izvestia, citing the website of the US State Department. “I separately emphasized that Cyprus has not yet taken the necessary steps to refuse ships of the Russian fleet...
The memorandum signed in Britain, which provides for the re-equipment of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the decommissioning of missile boats to Ukraine on credit, is extremely beneficial for London, but is predatory towards the Ukrainians. Ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Spiridon Kilinkarov spoke about this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “After the successful test of the Russian Zircon (Russian hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile - ed.),...
In Kiev, they are concerned that Russia has begun to actively interfere with the joint exercises of Ukraine and NATO “Sea Breeze”. The president of the Center for Global Studies “Strategy XX”, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Black Sea Security” Mikhail Gonchar, said this on air on the TV channel “Public Crimea”, the correspondent reports "PolitNavigator". Gonchar once again repeated that Russia declares the exercise areas closed and introduces its own...
