The military power of Russia in the Sea of Azov is significantly superior to that of Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday, December 25, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.
He stressed that Moscow mainly uses Azov “as a theater of military operations.”
“From the point of view of security, Russia dominates the Sea of Azov. In the event of a war, they will actively use this to put pressure on our southern cities on the shores of the Sea of Azov, ”Kuleba said in an interview with The Washington Post.
In his opinion, Russia dictates the development of the situation on Azov.
On December 9, the Public Relations Center of the FSB of the Russian Federation reported that the command ship “Donbass” of the Ukrainian Navy, located in the water area of the Sea of Azov, was moving towards the Kerch Strait and approached it by 18 nautical miles.
The ministry stressed that these actions created a threat to the safety of navigation. Later, the department reported that the command ship “Donbass” of the Ukrainian Navy lay on the opposite course.
Commenting on the incident, the first deputy head of the State Duma defense committee Alexei Zhuravlev said that Ukraine’s actions showed that the country is dangerous, and the West, pumping weapons into Kiev, bears direct responsibility for the actions of its “puppets”.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in turn, said that the ship of the country’s naval forces did not violate the territorial boundaries in the Kerch Strait.
Political scientist Viktor Burlakov told Izvestia that the incident with the approach of the Ukrainian Navy ship Donbass to the Kerch Strait would complicate relations between the two countries. According to him, this event can be viewed both as a provocation and as an attempt to test the strength of the border troops of Russia.
Source: IZ
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