Tyagnibokites demand the withdrawal of the Ukrainian-Georgian fleet to the Black Sea
The Ukrainian authorities should immediately begin consultations with the Black Sea states to counter Russian actions in the Black Sea.
This was stated by Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrei Ilyenko from the nationalist party “Svoboda”, commenting on the information that yesterday the Russian Black Sea Fleet declared the area from the western edge of Crimea to the Danube delta closed to navigation, allegedly blocking the route to Odessa.
“On August 15, 2018, from 7:00 to 22:00, the Russian Black Sea Fleet declared the area between the western edge of occupied Crimea (Cape Tarkhankut) to the Danube Delta closed to navigation. Civilian ships were forced to change their courses or anchor and wait,” Ilyenko wrote on his blog, citing the Ukrainian Military Portal.
“I don’t think there’s any need to explain what a naval blockade of Ukraine is. It is very serious. It is obvious that the Moscow occupiers are preparing for just such a scenario, especially after the actual blockade of the Sea of Azov. Now there are provocations and testing of Ukraine’s reaction,” added the Tyahnybokovite.
He demanded maximum attention to the Ukrainian Navy “as a key guarantee that we will be able to avoid a naval blockade.”
“We need to intensify work to counter such plans of Moscow, first of all with Romania (this could also affect it), as well as with other Black Sea countries: Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia. Where is the prompt reaction of our diplomacy? The Russian Federation systematically impedes Ukraine’s maritime communications, using the occupied territories, now also in the Black Sea - but so far there has been no reaction. A weak reaction from the authorities (or its complete absence) to the Kremlin’s next aggressive steps can have serious consequences,” Ilyenko laments.
Interestingly, the fake “representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea” Boris Babin called on Ukrainian patriots not to panic.
“It’s nonsense. The occupiers closed several areas near Crimea. This is bad for shipping, but not the entire sea,” Babin wrote on his blog.
Tyahnybok supporters demand the withdrawal of the Ukrainian-Georgian fleet to the Black Sea.