[REGNUM] The threat of drifting Ukrainian sea mines remains in the Black Sea, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 27.
He noted that mines torn from anchors pose a threat not only to ships, but also to coastal structures.
“There remains 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.
The Russian Federation is taking the whole range of measures to ensure the safety of civil navigation in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas ,” Mizintsev said.
Ukraine has not yet unblocked foreign vessels in its ports
[REGNUM] Dozens of foreign ships are still 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 the evening of July 27 .
He noted that Kyiv continues to evade the solution of this problem.
“"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 Kiev do not allow ships to go to the open sea without hindrance," Mizintsev said.
At the same time, humanitarian corridors for ships organized by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to operate in the Black Sea.
"In the Black Sea (daily from 08:00 to 19:00 (Moscow time) - to exit the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny in a south-westerly direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine, 139 miles long and three miles wide;
in the Sea of Azov (round the clock) - to exit the port of Mariupol with a length of 115 miles and a width of two miles in the direction of the Black Sea.
Detailed information on the functioning of the maritime humanitarian corridors is transmitted every 15 minutes via VHF radio communications on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian,” said Mikhail Mizintsev.