Kiev avoids contacts with countries whose ships are stranded in Ukraine’s Ports
Mizintsev recalled that 75 ships from 17 countries are still stranded in seven ports, namely Kherson, Nikolayev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa, Yuzhny and Mariupol
Kiev is unwilling to cooperate with representatives of the countries and the ship-owning companies to resolve the safe exit of foreign ships trapped in Ukrainian ports.
75 ships from 17 countries are still stranded in seven ports, namely Kherson, Nikolayev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa, Yuzhny and Mariupol.
“The Kiev authorities are still shunning cooperation with the representatives of the states and ship-owning companies in resolving the issue of the safe exit of foreign vessels to the meeting area,” said Mizintsev, who heads the Russian Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine.
“The threat of shelling and a high threat of mines caused by Kiev in its internal and territorial waters bar the vessels from sailing unhindered to the open sea,” he said.
The colonel general stressed that the Ukrainian mines drifting in the Black Sea still pose a danger to navigation and may cause damage to port infrastructure.
Russia goes to great lengths to ensure civil navigation in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The Russian Armed Forces daily open a humanitarian sea route, which is a safe lane in the southwestern direction from Ukraine’s territorial waters, which is 80 nautical miles long and three nautical miles wide.
