In the Black Sea,

In the Black Sea, Ihor Voronchenko, commander of Ukraine’s Naval Forces, said Tuesday that Russian coast guard patrols are radioing Ukraine-bound ships and asking captains their destination and cargo. Concorde Capital’s Zenon Zawada writes: “The escalating Russian pressure on foreign ships raises the prospects for an armed conflict eventually. In turn, the Russian government can use a single conflict, or a series of conflicts, to expand its military aggression into the Black Sea.”