“Russia brazenly demonstrated its capabilities to blockade all ports of Ukraine” – Tuka
With exercises in the Black Sea last week, Russia demonstrated its capabilities for a complete naval blockade of Ukraine.
Deputy Minister for Occupied Territories Georgy Tuka announced this on the air of the Pryamoy TV channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to the official, the Russian Federation has blocked all seaports of Ukraine and access to them from the Black and Azov Seas.
“On Thursday, from 7:30 am to 20 pm, the Russians actually blocked Odessa and Izmail. Allegedly, they were conducting military exercises in that water area - from Tarkhankut to the Danube. Thus, any communication in the Black Sea was absolutely impossible. They brazenly demonstrated their ability to block absolutely all ports of Ukraine,” Tuka said.
Earlier, the local media outlet "Dumskaya," which is owned by Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko, who previously positioned himself as a defender of the rights of Russian-speaking residents of Odessa and is now a member of the Poroshenko Bloc, reported on the blockade of Odessa.
And Andriy Klimenko, a member of the "Maidan of Foreign Affairs" who fled Crimea, released information that , in his words, indicates a blockade of the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov.
"Russia brazenly demonstrated its ability to blockade all Ukrainian ports" - Tuka