The Armed Forces “convince” the Russians not to fire on civilian vessels
The Armed Forces have the ability to hit the Russian fleet. So the Kremlin is no longer sure that it wants to attack civilian ships.
Russia has somewhat changed its rhetoric about attacks on civilian vessels. Now the terrorists intend only to inspect the ships heading to Ukrainian ports. In addition, the Russians must submit a request to the ship to “check” the cargo. Moscow’s new position was announced by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin.
A Russian official said that “there is no longer a maritime humanitarian corridor.” Instead, there is a “zone of increased military danger.” Therefore, the Russians will inspect vessels that they consider suspicious.
It will be recalled that earlier the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that it would consider all vessels as “potential carriers of military goods” and as “military targets” of the fleet of a terrorist country.
In turn, the Armed Forces have all the means to “drive the entire Black Sea Fleet closer to Tuapse, Novorossiysk and prevent them from moving in the Crimean zone.” This is stated by the Deputy Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Denis Sharapov.
“We are much stronger in this matter than we were a year ago. And we are advancing in this direction even further,” the official emphasized. “The longer the war drags on, the less chance the Russian Black Sea Fleet will have to survive in the near future. Purely because of technological solutions that will close this topic.
The world has repeatedly faced blackmail and threats from the Russian Federation. During the year and a half of full-scale war with Ukraine, the Kremlin has shown its ability to “heroically” fire at civilian infrastructure. However, when the aggressor is repulsed, his appetites continue to decrease. And later the threats turn into another “gesture of goodwill”.