#NATO is closely monitoring developments in the #AzovSea & #KerchStrait, & we are in contact with the #Ukrainian authorities. We call for restraint & de-escalation. Read my full statement:
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26 of November 2018 г.
NATO fully supports Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and calls on Russia to ensure unhindered access to Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov.
"NATO fully supports the sovereignty of Ukraine and its territorial integrity, including its navigational rights in its territorial waters. We urge Russia to ensure unhindered access to Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov, in accordance with international law," NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu reported on Twitter. NATO’s representative also said that the Alliance was closely monitoring the situation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and was in contact with the Ukrainian authorities. “We call for restraint and de-escalation,” Lungescu said. She also recalled that at the Brussels Summit in July, NATO leaders expressed their support for Ukraine and clearly stated that Russia’s ongoing militarization of Crimea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov posed further threats to Ukraine’s independence and undermined the stability of the entire region.
As reported, three Ukrainian vessels remain seized by Russian special forces in the Black Sea after fire was opened on them. Two Ukrainian boats Berdiansk and Nikopol were struck by enemy fire and lost their course. The Yanu Kapu tugboat was also forced to stop. At least six Ukrainian servicemen were wounded. President Petro Poroshenko held a War Cabinet due to extraordinary events in the Azov Sea. Ukraine asked for a meeting of the UN Security Council to be urgently convened. At a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on Monday, President Petro Poroshenko supported the proposal of the War Cabinet to introduce martial law, submit it for consideration by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) and forward it to the Verkhovna Rada. Отправить в:      другие новости
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