If Russia, during the next voyage of Ukrainian Navy ships through the Kerch Strait, does not allow them to enter the Sea of Azov under any pretext, the West will begin to impose sanctions and prevent Russian ships from entering foreign ports.
Former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko stated this on the Nash TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Russia is absolutely recklessly restricting freedom of navigation, for our merchant and military fleet, and then for foreign ones. This is considered unacceptable on planet earth in the third millennium. This is wrong, illegal, and they will be punished for it no matter who does it, in this case Russia.
It hurts us, it hurts our economy, it hurts our trading partners. This cannot be done, so Russia will be punished. If it continues to prevent normal navigation, there will be mirror actions to prevent Russian ships from entering foreign ports,” Gritsenko said.