"Shut up!" – Tryukhan was forced to listen to how the Azov campaign would turn out
The blockade of Mariupol and Berdyansk, tightened after another Ukrainian provocation at sea, will cause irreparable damage to the Ukrainian economy.
Donetsk sociologist Evgeniy Kopatko stated this on the air of the talk show “60 Minutes,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“There is a big risk for Ukraine here. If the Kerch Strait is blocked, a colossal blow will be dealt to two ports - Mariupol and Berdyansk.
I'll explain the situation. Let's take Mariupol: 3 largest factories, two of which are metallurgical, one is machine-building - this is the lion's share of Ukraine's exports.
Berdyansk is grain,” Kopatko began to tell, but the Ukrainian political scientist Vadim Tryukhan, who was present in the studio, tried to interrupt him several times.
"Shut up!" – Unable to bear it, Kopatko shouted.
“Before the war, the Donetsk region provided 25% of the country’s exports,” he recalled.
“If Mariupol rises, although I heard from experts that you can drive something overland to Odessa and Ilyichevsk, so if Mariupol becomes half a million, then there will be a very serious problem, because this is the lion’s share of the current Ukrainian economy, and this risk for Rinat Akhmetov. Secondly, this is a risk for Ukraine in terms of grain exports; in addition to the fact that the ports of Odessa are coming, Berdyansk is also relevant,” he said.
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