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| Ukrainian sea mines found off the coast of the Black Sea |
| 2022-08-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Naval mines torn from anchors by Kyiv militants continue to threaten shipping in the Black Sea and coastal infrastructure, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response reports on August 25. To prevent maritime incidents, the Russian Armed Forces organized two humanitarian corridors in the Black and Azov Seas. “There remains a danger to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of unanchored mines [of the Kyiv regime] along the coast of the Black Sea states. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have created the necessary conditions for the operation of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe lanes for the movement of ships: in the Black Sea (round the clock) - for exiting the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny in the south-west direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine with a length of 307 nautical miles and a width of up to 20 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 two miles in the direction of the Black Sea , ”the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters reports. More than 50 foreign ships remain blocked in Ukrainian ports [REGNUM] More than 50 foreign cargo ships remain blocked in the seaports controlled by the Kyiv regime, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response reported on August 25. “In six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny), 51 foreign ships from 14 states remain blocked. As part of the implementation of the "Initiative of Understanding for the Safe Transport of Grain" from August 1, 2022 from ports [b. Ukrainian SSR] ensured the exit of 36 dry cargo ships (including 19 blocked), exported 746,037 tons of food (511,700 tons of corn, 28,850 tons of sunflower oil, 50,301 tons of flour, 11,000 tons of soybeans, 79,172 tons of wheat, 2,914 tons of sunflower seeds , 18,500 tons of compound feed, 14,000 tons of sugar beet, 29,600 tons of rapeseed),” the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters reports. In the Dardanelles, a Russian tanker collided with a boat [REGNUM] A tanker en route from Russia to Greece collided with a boat in the Dardanelles. This was announced today, August 25, by the Turkish Coast Guard. Recall that the Turkish Bosphorus and Dardanelles is an important water artery through which many trade routes pass. In the straits, there is quite heavy traffic of ships. |
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