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| Ukraine continues to block foreign ships in seaports |
| 2022-07-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] The Kiev regime continues to evade solving the problem of foreign ships blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on July 14 . Dozens of foreign ships are blocked by minefields and the threat of shelling from the Ukronazis. “In six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny), 70 foreign ships from 16 states remain blocked. The threat of shelling and the high mine danger created by official Kyiv do not allow ships to freely go to the open sea. ... At the same time, there is a danger to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea states , ”said Mizintsev. The Russian side has organized two sea corridors in the Black and Azov Seas for the safe exit of ships. “The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have created the necessary conditions for the functioning of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe lanes for the movement of ships: Detailed information on the operation of the maritime humanitarian corridors is transmitted daily every 15 minutes via VHF radio on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian, ” the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation specified. Floating mines found in the Bulgarian Black Sea [REGNUM] Several munitions that pose a danger to navigation were found in the Black Sea near the village of Kamen-Bryag in the Dobrich region of Bulgaria. This was reported on July 14 by the Sofia information portal News. bg . According to preliminary data, we are talking about floating mines. The origin of the ammunition is unknown. It is noted that the Bulgarian Navy sent two minesweepers to the region. No other details were provided in the message. Recall that earlier the Bulgarian authorities warned about the increased risk of ships colliding with Ukrainian mines, regularly carried into the territorial waters of Bulgaria due to hurricanes and storms. |
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