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| Patrushev: Ukrainian mines increasingly threaten civilian ships in the Black Sea |
| 2024-07-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The indiscriminate mining of the Black Sea coastal waters by the Ukrainian Navy is increasingly threatening civilian vessels, said Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev, who oversees maritime policy issues, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 25. “The indiscriminate mining of coastal waters <…> by the Ukrainian Navy leads to the spontaneous drift of sea mines, which increasingly threatens civilian vessels,” Patrushev said. The Russian leader's aide added that unmanned boats that lose their course due to GPS navigation failure pose an unpredictable danger to shipping and coastal infrastructure. As reported by Regnum News Agency, Patrushev said on July 25 that Russia had thwarted NATO's plans to establish a base in the Sea of Azov. According to him, NATO is brazenly increasing the number of naval bases outside its borders, pursuing the goal of turning the world's oceans into its sphere of influence. As the Russian presidential aide recalled, ten years ago NATO's plan to create a naval base in Sevastopol failed. After that, the alliance tried to ensure the presence of its ships in the ports of the Sea of Azov to compensate for the failure, Patrushev specified. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated back in 2022 that Kiev had created a threat to shipping in the Black Sea. Ukrainian Navy units had laid mines on the coast, in port waters and territorial waters. The diplomat added that Ukrainian mines that had broken away from their mine anchors were now drifting across the Black Sea. More from regnum.ru Patrushev: Russia has thwarted NATO's plans to establish a base in the Sea of Azov Russia did not allow the North Atlantic Alliance to deploy a naval base in the Sea of Azov,Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev, who oversees national maritime policy, said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta. “NATO’s plans to place a naval base in the Sea of Azov and carry out military adventures using the fleet were thwarted,” Patrushev said. He recalled that ten years ago, NATO's plan to establish a naval base in Sevastopol and turn Crimea into a permanent deployment site for US and allied troops failed. The alliance then tried to ensure the presence of its ships in the ports of the Sea of Azov to compensate for that failure. NATO is brazenly increasing the number of naval bases outside its borders in order to turn the world's oceans into its sphere of influence, Patrushev also said. According to him, the leader of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed Ukraine's maritime security strategy, defining NATO's place in the Black Sea, in an attempt to convince the world of its legitimacy. Ukraine has no access to the Sea of Azov, its strategy does not correspond to reality, he stated. As reported by Regnum News Agency, Patrushev previously noted that NATO military exercises in Europe, during which a scenario of conflict with Russia is being worked out, contribute to increasing tension and destabilizing the situation in the world. He also stated that NATO's entire policy is based on the interests of the United States, which uses the alliance to maintain its armed presence in Europe and demonstrate its indispensability in ensuring security in the region. |
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