Russia has banned the passage of ships loaded outside the country through the Kerch Strait to the Sea of Azov. This was reported to TASS at the Main Directorate for Maritime Affairs under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey.
“According to the official notification that we received from the Maritime Administration of the Russian Federation, the passage of ships loaded outside the territory of the Russian Federation to the north through the Kerch Strait, which provides passage to the Sea of Azov, is prohibited.”
Earlier, military analysts noted that after the liberation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper, the Ukrainian army has new zones of destruction for MLRS HIMARS missiles – the Perekop Isthmus in Crimea and the entire Tauride steppe north of the peninsula. The Kakhovskaya HPP and the hydraulic structures of the North Crimean Canal are also in the affected area, however, the destruction of the HPP is not beneficial to anyone: in the event of an explosion, Crimea will lose its water supply, since the dam regulates the level in the Dnieper and ensures the filling of the North Crimean Canal. In addition, the destruction of the hydroelectric power plant threatens to flood several dozen settlements.
