2023-07-20 15:06:00
The new regulation applies from midnight local time (11:00 p.m. CEST). Earlier, Russia threatened to attack ships calling at Ukrainian ports.
In addition, the previous security guarantees were withdrawn by Moscow. The passage through the Kerch Strait to the Azov Sea on the Russian-occupied Black Sea peninsula of Crimea has been banned since 5:00 a.m. local time (4:00 a.m. CEST), the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said. Corresponding navigation notifications had already been published.
With missiles once morest ships
The ministry also recalled the Russian cruiser Moskva, which was sunk by missiles more than a year ago. The Ukrainian Navy has already repeatedly used sea drones once morest ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and presumably also once morest the bridge to the Crimean Peninsula. Homemade and Western-made missiles can reach targets regarding 300 kilometers away. An in-house production should even have a range of 500 kilometers.
Kiev is responding to a Russian threat that following the end of the grain deal, Russia will consider all ships calling at Ukrainian ports as legitimate targets. Ukraine has been defending itself once morest Russia for almost 17 months.
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