Mariupol is under complete blockade, they said in Kyiv
A member of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Klimenko, who fled from Crimea, published data indicating, according to him, a blockade of the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov. This happened after Russia tightened border controls in the water area in response to Kiev’s seizure of the Crimean seiner Nord with crew members, who were required to renounce Russian citizenship and recognize themselves as Ukrainians.
“What the blockade of Mariupol and Berdyansk looks like. 04 August 2018, 12:45 (Kyiv time).
Map 1. Port of Mariupol – empty. 2 vessels are under repair (blue), the rest are tugs (red), bunkering and oil skimmers (yellow), etc. port fleet.
Map 2. The port of Berdyansk is almost empty, 2 ships are being loaded.
Map 3 (top part). From Mariupol/Berdyansk to the Black Sea waiting in front of the Kerch Strait = 18 ships (see map, not all are visible): 2 of them - from 29.07 - more than 6 days; 5 – from 30.07 – more than 5 days; 2 – from 31.07 – more than 4 days.
Map 3 (bottom). In the Kerch Strait, 10 ships are waiting to enter the Sea of Azov in Mariupol/Berdyansk, 3 of them - from 3 to 6 days),” writes Klimenko in his blog.
It also provides a list of ships heading to or from Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov, as well as their waiting times for inspections.
Mariupol is under complete blockade, Kyiv announced.