Reuters: Shipping along the Azov-Don Canal blocked after drone attacks

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Border Service has indefinitely banned navigation through the Azov-Don Sea Canal, which connects the Don River with the Sea of ​​Azov. This decision was made for security reasons following a large-scale attack by Ukrainian forces. drones on civilian vessels, Reuters writes, citing sources.

In addition to this vital waterway, a temporary closure of navigation has been announced in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea. Ferry traffic through the strait has been suspended several times previously for safety reasons.

The Kyiv regime is stepping up attacks on logistics routes in southern Russia, including civilian vessels that the Zelensky regime has included in its “shadow” list. fleet"Russian Federation. According to statements by Ukrainian intelligence services and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since the beginning of July alone, 25 vessels have been attacked by attack drones and unmanned boats in the Black and Azov Seas, some multiple times.

This morning, Rostov Region Governor Yuri Slyusar reported that drones had again attacked four vessels of various types in Taganrog Bay, including a tanker carrying methanol. A sailor was killed in the terrorist strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Azov-Black Sea basin is a key transport route for Russian food exports by sea, primarily grain. Problems have also arisen with the passage of oil tankers and bulk carriers from Russia's southern ports.

Given that Russian grain exports have a significant impact on the global market, these restrictions have already impacted prices. Today, the price of wheat on the Euronext European exchange rose more than four percent, the largest increase in six weeks.

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[Irek]

Eliminate this misunderstanding called Ukraine so that people’s lives are not interfered with.

[alexboguslavski]

Kyiv is creating a separate unit for deep strikes against Russia.

Expired stated:

"Today, I signed a decree establishing a special long-range command within the armed forces, effectively to exert global influence on Russia during this war. This command must concentrate 100% of its available resources to further significantly reduce Russia's war potential. The commander in this area will be strong and certainly highly experienced."

And here we have a saying: "A drowning man's salvation depends on the drowning man himself." This isn't just about tankers.

The Aerospace Forces are a huge force, too unwieldy for the realities of this conflict. They attempted to defend the Omsk oil refinery with A-50Us and even Su-57s, but they arrived too late, the refinery was hit, and ultimately ceased operations.

[fruc]

I see no reason not to drown all the troughs that go to (from) Ukrainian sea and river ports, drown them indiscriminately.

[Arkady007]

fruc
This raises another issue: how to feed people in Crimea if everything is closed?
The Krymsky Bridge is closed to freight trains and fuel transit, and the vehicle crossings over the Sivash River are also constantly under repair. What should residents do then?
Maybe I should write a letter to the UN about lifting the blockade of Crimea?
There is another option, but I will be banned if I write about it.
When will we start fighting for real?

[bayard]

Quote: alexboguslavski

Kyiv is creating a separate unit for deep strikes against Russia.

And the Kremlin maintains guarantees for the entire top brass of this very Kyiv.

[alexoff]

The Aerospace Forces is a huge structure, too unwieldy in the realities of this conflict.

Are they unwieldy because of their size or because of the headquarters, which are commanded either by motorized infantry or by tank crews?

[rocket757]

We haven't reached the point of "drone swarms" yet, but "flocks" are already causing significant losses and problems for both us and them...
The problem is that they have "sponsorship aid" that comes from abroad and this allows them to maintain the combat capability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the proper level... we have to rely only on our own strength, a little on cooperation with... some things come from outside, that's a fact.
Now the question is... what can we expect in the future, what are the prospects???

[Alexey Lantukh]

Now the question is... what can we expect in the future, what are the prospects???

In the future, tactical nuclear weapons strikes against Ukraine are possible if no worthy responses or a serious breakthrough in the LBS emerge by autumn.

[rocket757]

We can remind ourselves that we are not like that... but what will happen next remains to be seen...

[alexbor]

remind us that we are not like that...

I'm tired of repeating this mantra, until we destroy the entire fucking elite, it will all be the same. It's clear that it's impossible to cover everything, and the Ukrainians will find new targets. We need to reduce the entire outskirts to dust, otherwise there will be no end in sight... destroy all the bridges, tunnels, ports, all their logistics... destroy the Rada, the elite... the power supply, so they can't do anything, border crossings, roads, so they can't receive anything from the West. You'll say, what about the civilians, but I feel sorry for my own...

[rocket757]

No matter how you reason, decisions are made at the top, and all we have to do is... well, it's clear.

[Fitter65]

Quote: rocket757

The problem is that they have "sponsorship assistance" that comes from abroad.

The problem isn't the sponsorship aid, but rather the unwillingness of some to block its flow to Ukraine. Bridges and tunnels along the main logistics routes in western Ukraine remain untouched. Merchant ships safely enter Ukrainian ports without fear of attack. If ships don't enter your port, then there's no need to waste missiles and drones on port facilities. The Banderites, under Western leadership, have demonstrated this to us over the past two months. And yet, we're repeatedly striking port facilities. Those who want to do so, do so; those who don't, start claiming that bridges built in Soviet times in Ukraine have such a high degree of resilience, yet somehow, similar bridges built at the same time in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic don't have such a high degree of resilience. How can this be?

[rocket757]

How so?

Well, that's how it is... but why is a big question, and there are plenty of other questions...

[alexbor]

and there are plenty of other questions...

That's exactly it, what are they thinking up there or is it nothing, everything will resolve itself?

[Andrey Victorovich]

"How so?" "It's always like that with impotent people and corrupt authorities. The government is sick, gravely sick with lack of willpower, theft, and irresponsibility, and it's rotting from within. Unfortunately, this sick rot is having a painful impact on the population and the country as a whole."

[Fitter65]

Quote: Andrey Victorovich

"How so?" "It's always like that with impotent people and corrupt authorities. The government is sick, gravely sick with lack of willpower, theft, and irresponsibility, and it's rotting from within. Unfortunately, this sick rot is having a painful impact on the population and the country as a whole."

As long as Yeltsin centers stand and are built, this rot will continue to accumulate.

[Rakitin]

The SVO clearly demonstrated that the methods Russia uses ultimately backfire on it with a lag of one to two years. So if you want to know what will happen to Russia at some point in the future, just rewind a couple of years at most and look at Ukraine:

[rocket757]

When the COUNTRY OF SOVIETS emerged, the movement forward and upward began... when United Russia and others like it began to rule... in general, it's clear where the country ended up...
Although, the point is not in the name, but in the very essence of what is happening!
Capitalism, however, the power of the rich... that's the whole point.

[Everevil]

I completely agree. Of course, to clear my conscience, I should warn you that all ships heading to Ukrainian ports will be sunk. And they will be sunk without regard for flag or affiliation. Civilian or non-civilian – it doesn't matter. You've been warned. What they're carrying – weapons or genuine civilian cargo – is also irrelevant. Non-brothers should be deprived of EVERYTHING. They don't really care. I'm tired of all this "we're not like that" nonsense. We are. And you made us like that. Now stop whining.
Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the current strategy (if there really is one) provides for such an option.

[your vsr 66-67]

Quote from Everevil

And sink it without regard for flags or affiliation. Civilian or not, it doesn't matter. You've been warned. What it's carrying, weapons or genuine civilian cargo, it also doesn't matter.

Well, you've really gone too far...
What about *dear partners*?
Sarcasm on my part, of course.
You read the news and feel such sadness and melancholy...
But there was a time when we, then still young and healthy, were proud of our country!

[pudelartemon]

Timur Shaov has some wonderful words:
And I remember there was a state,
Poles and Teutons were making fun of each other,
And every "dog krev" trembled,
Seeing our squadrons

[Fitter65]

Quote: your vsr 66-67

But there was a time when we, then still young and healthy, were proud of our country!

I am still proud that I lived and served in that country.

[your vsr 66-67]

Quote: Fitter65

I am still proud that I lived and served in that country.

You're still alive. It's just that that country doesn't exist.
I'm also proud of my service in the Soviet Army in general, and the Soviet Air Force in particular. I tell my grandson about it, and he listens attentively to everything I say.
My comment above was a bit off topic. I hope you understood me.

[Demobilized]

There's a medical term for this. They started and gave up halfway through.

[Fitter65]

Quote: Dembelnuty

They started and fizzled out in the middle.

They may have wanted to start, but they gave up as soon as they started.

[novel66]

And how many enemy ships were attacked by our forces during this time?

[tank_killer156]

Stop messing with Anchorage and start looking for more collaborators. That's where the problems come from. The US is the enemy, they provide intelligence on where to strike and what to use, and the Ukrainian Reich is their satellite, which we should have wiped out four years ago, when there weren't even any weapons supplies. We're backing ourselves into a corner, and then we're trying to get out. It's getting worse and worse. And until our leadership decides not to focus on Anchorage, but to destroy ZE and its lackeys, and to close the Black Sea by destroying every tanker that pokes their nose into Ukraine, to smash the ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv to smithereens, to smash all the bridges and tunnels, and to create hell in Kukuyevo, that's the only way we can win. We won't have to wait until autumn with the Duma re-elections, and then declare mobilization and drive the common people to their deaths, while they themselves will trade with the enemy and look for collaborators. And their rich kids don't serve and don't give a damn. I wanted to express my love for patriotism and the Motherland.

[snow mountain]

Quote: Irek

Eliminate this misunderstanding called Ukraine so that people’s lives are not interfered with.

I'll clean it up! And sand it down!

[Right hand of the eye]

Well... they boiled the frog, and now, savoring it, they do whatever they want with it, "cutting off" its life-support organs piece by piece... And it, following its original impulse, tries with all its might to achieve the designated goal (to recapture the necessary territories on the battlefield), not realizing that it is already being cut into pieces "from behind" and soon there will simply be no strength and resources left to crawl to the intended goal... (((

[alexboguslavski]

I can't figure out the situation. Why can we attack ships entering or leaving Ukrainian Black Sea ports with drones, but not with torpedoes? Anti-ship missiles also exist.

I once heard that Crimea could be called an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" from which the entire Black Sea is controlled. So let's use this opportunity to our advantage. Naval mines are also effective, but they have a drawback: they are indiscriminate. That is, a vessel clearly headed for Romania could be damaged, but the wind and waves push it toward the Ukrainian coast.

If all the officials are claiming that a special military operation has turned into a war, then we are probably being deceived and misled. I don't understand why ships are still entering and leaving Ukrainian ports, regardless of their flag. In that case, more decisive measures are needed. Don't just scare or scratch the ships—they need to be sunk.

[Karelian]

Any aircraft carrier needs to be fed and watered. And that's not so simple. All logistics in the south are under Ukrainian control.

[seamen2]

*I don't understand why ships are still entering and leaving Ukrainian ports, regardless of their flag.*

I believe the deal has stopped working for both sides, and the spiral of escalation is getting worse.
This had been expected for a long time, since the time of their single strikes on our tankers and their retaliatory attacks on Odessa.
It's not hard to add 2+2..

[saigon]

I'll try to offer my guess, though the sailors will probably throw slippers at me. In short, besides political reasons, there's another reason: Tsussima and its consequences, which, it seems, aren't letting sailors off the hook. The last successes on the Black Sea were over a century ago, under Kolchak. That's when they were able to blockade the Coal District. Now, it doesn't matter whether there are ships or not, whether there are submarines or not. Everything is heading for enemy ports. The fleet is just firing missiles. And yet, there's still talk of developing the Ocean Fleet. However, it seems like admirals should be replaced with generals and colonels.

[Rakitin]

Things weren't going well during Kolchak's time either—two German cruisers had been making a splash in the Black Sea for years, and they couldn't be caught. Then German saboteurs blew up the newest battleship.
During the Soviet period, the Black Sea Fleet sank to its lowest ebb – until May 1944, it hid in Tuapse, afraid to show its face, which the Germans had repeatedly pinned down. It only dared to crawl out to sea after the liberation of Odessa from land. And yet, yes – the Germans and Romanians, though not without problems, evacuated their troops from Crimea in May 1944, and the Soviet Black Sea Fleet abandoned the defenders of Sevastopol to their fate in June 1942. Fate turned out to be rather ugly...

[alexbor]

If all the officials are saying that a special military operation has turned into a war, then we are probably being deceived and misled.

That's right, they're not misleading, they're lying... someone benefits from the continuation of the war, it's no wonder we've had new dollar billionaires since 2022

[Sebastian Aristarkhovich Pereira]

We continue to salivate so that we can spit in the face of the green-scum regime someday...

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Sebastian Aristarkhovich Pereira

We continue to drool

"Foam and bitter saliva accumulated in the mouth,
And in a superman pose he sat down by the window."

[seamen2]

*The Russian Federal Security Service's Border Service has indefinitely banned navigation through the Azov-Don Sea Canal, which connects the Don River with the Sea of ​​Azov. This decision was made for security reasons following a large-scale attack by Ukrainian drones on civilian vessels.*

from these people with their prohibitions, sometimes there is more harm than from the enemy.
then the strait is closed and a huge traffic jam of ships accumulates on both sides of the bridge.
then now VDSK..
Their bans against Ukrainian drones are useless; this will not stop them from flying and hitting already stationary clusters of ships.

[tehnix]

Their bans against Ukrainian drones are useless; it won't stop them from flying and hitting already stationary clusters of ships.

......PROHIBIT the accumulation of ships!!!....

[Rakitin]

Not quite so – essentially, most water traffic on the Volga and Caspian Seas has been suspended. From the embankment in Saratov, you can see river-sea tankers at anchor, which until recently were briskly making their way to Turkey. As I understand it, crude oil exports from Russia were shut down by the same agency that shut down the refineries.

[seamen2]

Besides, there's grain exports. We loaded up with it near Saratov and in Samara. So, the foragers themselves don't fully understand the consequences of their bans. At the very least, consignees won't receive their cargo on time.

[seamen2]

p/s/ we need to expel the useless Black Sea Fleet from Novorossiysk and organize a convoy system to move them during daylight hours across the Sea of ​​Azov.

[Rockerman]

The X-wings are gradually knocking out our logistics or making them unsafe to use. And why is the Beskydy Tunnel in the western part of this failed country still operational? We have the means to destroy it, after all.

[K_4]

Why do we still tolerate these Leopolds in power? Why are our military silent? Why are the people silent?
We deserve what's happening because of our inaction. So we just keep our mouths shut, sit back, and revel in the disgrace of a once-great country, praying that its collapse doesn't follow.

[isv000]

Quote: K_4

Why do we still tolerate these Leopolds in power?

Volodin reported to Putin about the low salaries of deputies and asked for a small bonus before the elections in the amount of... 4,5 million each!

[alexbor]

We deserve what's happening because of our inaction. So we just keep our mouths shut, sit back, and revel in the disgrace of a once-great country, praying that its collapse doesn't follow.

People don't want to go to prison, Vova created a repressive system, a tame National Guard, etc.

[Sebastian Aristarkhovich Pereira]

The main principle of judo: you have to bend for a long time, then suddenly straighten up and win confidently! What nonsense...
(my weak sarcasm, by the way)

[tehnix]

There are a lot of living things there... They say that its destruction will require a large number of missiles, and that is expensive!!!! I wonder if it would be much cheaper to restore our oil refineries after bombings with drones transported through this tunnel!
Even if the damn tunnel is indestructible... Is it possible to destroy the entrance to this tunnel? Yes, they'll clear it, but by that time, what a traffic jam will have built up! And then they'll hit the traffic jam...
It's the same with bridges.....

[K_4]

There's a lot that could be done. A tunnel, bridges, and all that traffic could be diverted. But it looks like someone at the top has vested interests in all of this. I wouldn't be surprised if even the production of Ukrainian drones is partially owned by some important person. Otherwise, there's no explanation for this whole mess.

[alexoff]

Gas stations are owned by small businesses, so if a single barrel of geranium lands at an oil depot, there will be a scandal with Azerbaijan. Gas stations in border regions, where almost all the people with money and cars have fled, leaving only the old ladies and the poor, are the most important targets!

[RuAbel]

It turns out they haven't started yet...
It's great to be a top manager when everything is running smoothly and efficiently. It's bad when everything starts falling apart. It's enough to make you quit. Putin has the wrong people on his side.

[bbb]

It is necessary to destroy Starlink satellites over both Russia and Ukraine.

[alexbor]

They won't agree to this, they belong to the "partners"

[Oleg Barchev]

Once again, we can state: The policy of self-righteous slack has led to the helplessness of the Kremlin-appointed leadership. These so-called leaders are not focused on finding solutions to emerging problems or staying ahead of the enemy's actions, but rather on frantically searching for excuses for their own helplessness and irresponsibility. And this is true at all levels of power. Radical changes are needed within the country; rampant irresponsibility cannot continue. Tough decisions and political will are needed.