Azov Blockade: Berdyansk Prepares to Release One-Third of Maritime Workers (Video)

The first cargo ship after a blockade of a week went to Berdyansk today. UNIAN Photo

The port of Berdyansk decided to cut a third of the workers through the blockade of the sea of ​​Azov by Russia There was no ship that arrived in the city a week because the occupants had closed the Kerch Strait. 59004] Read also The aggression of Russia in the sea of ​​Azov: all that we know about the tense situation (video)

According to the narrative from the TSN, the first cargo ship after a weekly blockade arrived at Berdyansk today. Of the nine berths at the harbor Only two. The machines have become small. If the ship came only, and therefore – mainly, the door in the castle ", – said the guard Tetyana Oleshko." It's better when working. When you work, time flies faster than when you're sitting. "First, you get two to three times less." Second, you sit there, "admitted Roman Dudin." It was like that. there were eight or ten ships in the raid on the canal, they were not in Kerch, they were there, waiting for the place to be released, but now this is not the case "All in Kerch," said the deputy. Head of Berdyansk Port Administration, Vitaliy Buryan

Contrary to international standards, the Kremlin believes that the Kerch Strait is the inland waters of Russia. Since mid-May, Russia has carried out more than 750 illegal arrests of ships sent to the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. "No ship can cross the Kerch Strait, at first it was a whim, now that weather conditions are in place, there may be something else to allow a breakthrough in the underwater barrier." commented on the behavior of the Russian government, Vladimir Vladimiro Omelian. In this situation, the ports of Azov suffer enormous losses – they reached only 4 million dollars in Berdyansk. "Halved because today, according to estimates of our ten month plan, our plan is implemented at 52%", – explains in. about Alexander Troshchenko, director of the state enterprise "Berdyansk Sea Trade Port".

The shipowners break the agreement as the waiting time in the Kerch Strait reaches up to $ 15,000 and the ships stay there for up to a week. "It is basically the blockade of Azov for Ukraine.Because of the closure of Azov and two ports, Ukraine loses about 200 million dollars a year. "said Vladimir Shulmeyster, head of infrastructure programs at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future. The release of port personnel under these conditions is an inevitable step. Now we are talking about three hundred people, in the port of Berdyansk are transferred to the 4-day mode. If Ukraine can not oppose the Russian expansion at sea, the port should wait in this way to Mariupol.