“Creeping annexation of our exclusive maritime economic zone is taking place,” Vice-Admiral Ihor Voronchenko

“Creeping annexation of our exclusive maritime economic zone is taking place,” Vice-Admiral Ihor Voronchenko, Commander of Ukraine’s Naval Forces, warned Tuesday in Odesa at the opening of Sea Breeze, the international naval drills co-hosted by Ukraine and the United States and involving 19 nations. “The Azov and Black Seas are not internal lakes of the Russian Federation, and they shouldn’t be dictating us any of their positions and framework conditions.”