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| Russia continues to provide corridors in the Black and Azov seas |
| 2022-07-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] The Russian Armed Forces have created and continue to provide two maritime humanitarian corridors for the safe movement of ships, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 28 . At the same time, “the threat to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea states” still remains. “The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have created the necessary conditions for the functioning of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe lanes for the movement of ships: in the Black Sea (daily from 08:00 to 19:00 (Moscow time) - to exit the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny in a south-westerly direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine with a length of 139 miles and a width of 3 miles; in the Sea of Azov (round the clock) - to exit the port of Mariupol with a length of 115 miles and a width of 2 miles in the direction of the Black Sea. Detailed information on the operation of the maritime humanitarian corridors is transmitted every 15 minutes via VHF radio communications on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian,” Mizintsev said. Investigative Committee checks after video with Russian sailors in Ukraine [REGNUM] The inspection was ordered to be carried out by the chairman of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin , after the appearance on the Internet of a video recorded by Russian sailors, the press service of the department reported on July 28. “Russian sailors who are being held hostage in a Ukrainian port have recorded a video message asking them to return home,” the report says. In their appeal, Russian citizens stated that they were sailing on the Volgo-Balt 225 ship, which was being repaired at the shipyard in the city of Izmail (Odessa region). This happened at the beginning of February. After the start of the special operation of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine, the sailors were actually locked up on the ship: armed people did not let them go to land. The head of the TFR instructed to conduct an audit and request the available information from the Russian Foreign Ministry. Ukraine continues to hold dozens of foreign ships in ports [REGNUM] Dozens of foreign ships are still blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 28. He explained that "the Kyiv authorities continue to evade in every possible way from interaction with representatives of foreign states and ship-owning companies in resolving the issue of ensuring the safe exit of blocked ships to assembly areas." "In six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny), 70 foreign ships from 16 states remain blocked. The threat of shelling and the high mine danger created by official Kiev do not allow ships to freely go to the open sea," Mikhail Mizintsev noted. |
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