The activity of freight vessels via the Kerch Strait has actually been put on hold by Russian authorities considering that July 16 complying with drone strikes on the Crimean port of Sevastopol, 2 market resources informed Reuters.
Russia’s protection ministry stated its pressures had actually stopped Ukraine from assaulting Sevastopol on Sunday, damaging 7 airborne as well as 2 maritime drones.
“Navigation is already idle for the third day. They stopped it on July 16, around 5 p.m. local time, when there was a (drone) attack on Sevastopol,” stated one resource, that decreased to be called.
Security in the location additionally intensified on Monday complying with an over night strike on the Crimean Bridge extending the Kerch Strait, which attaches the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea.
(Reuters – Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
