The Russian military is painting over names and hull numbers on their ships. This was reported in the State Border Service of Ukraine.
According to our border guards, in this way Russia is preparing for possible provocations against civilian ships, followed by the prosecution of Ukrainian warships.
– Under the pretext of a fake counter-terrorist operation, the work of Ukrainian ports was blocked. Fired on four civilian ships. An environmental bomb was made from one of the wrecked tankers. They seize and hold captive civilian cargo ships, the State Border Service said.
In addition, the occupiers impede the conduct of rescue operations. The enemy seized one search and rescue vessel and repeatedly threatened the rescue boats that were going to help the crews of the wrecked vessels with weapons.
The State Border Service stressed that such actions of the aggressor country did not go unnoticed by the world community.
So, Russian ships will not be able to leave the ports due to the refusal of the company Lloyd's Register Voyage Rusto sell and update in the Russian Federation electronic navigational charts C-MAP, which are used by most Russian ships.
The EU and the UK intend to ban Russian ships from entering their ports. Sweden has already announced a boycott of all Russian ships and cargo.
In addition, the Danube Commission has stripped Russia of its powers and is demanding compensation for the disruption of navigation. Turkey, according to the powers in accordance with the Montreux Convention, in 1936 can close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits.
Earlier, the head of the Zaporozhye regional military administration Oleksandr Starukh said that after the Russian troops temporarily captured the Ukrainian Berdyansk, from the sea five ships with grain disappeared from the city's port.
