The Ukrainian Navy reported on the passage of the search and rescue ship "Donbass" and the tug "Korets" through the Kerch Strait. What is being emphasized is that the Naval Forces of Ukraine did not send the relevant notification to the Russian Federation. With this pathos, the press service of the Ukrainian Navy reports this fact.
From the statement:
At the same time, the Ukrainian naval forces did not ask for permission from the aggressor’s country, but exercised their right to free navigation by the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov in accordance with the UN Convention and international agreements.
It is further stated that the passage through the Kerch Strait was “in a difficult situation”. Such a situation in the Naval Forces of Ukraine called escort of their vessels by the Russian reconnaissance ship Priazovie and the border Don and Amethyst.
From the statement of the press service of the Ukrainian Navy:
In the Kerch Strait, more than 10 ships and boats of the FSB and the Black Sea were involved for direct escort
fleet RF Aircraft of the aggressor country repeatedly flew over our ships, including at extremely low altitudes. In addition, the forces of the aggressor country made a number of dangerous incidents. On September 20, at about 17:00 p.m., the reconnaissance ship of the Russian Federation “Priazovye” made excessive rapprochement with Ukrainian vessels at a distance of 2 cables, which grossly violated the requirements of international rules and created an extremely dangerous situation.
Another “dangerous incident” was the fact that the Su-26 Russian Black Sea Fleet fighter over the Black Sea was allowed to come closer to the An-27 naval forces.
It further stated why the press service reported this in fact a few days after the “dangerous incidents”. The explanation is as follows:
We apologize that the official information was provided with a delay; this was due to the safety of the crews of the ships.
And again Maidan pathos:
The naval forces of Ukraine will not allow the country to the aggressor to make the Sea of Azov its inland lake.
Against this background, the President of Ukraine congratulated the Ukrainian ships that passed through the Kerch Strait with an “immaculately executed order”. Poroshenko said that Korets and Donbass will become part of the new fleet base of Ukraine on the Sea of Azov. We will remind that earlier artillery boats were delivered to Berdyansk. Delivery was carried out by land.
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