Russia is putting in place the essentials for an economic blockade of Ukraine’s sea and river ports

Russia is putting in place the essentials for an economic blockade of Ukraine’s sea and river ports, warns Petro Tsigikal, chairman of Ukraine’s State Border Service. “The prerequisites for the economic blockade of the sea and river ports of Ukraine are being created,” he told a maritime defense conference in Odesa. Appealing to foreign powers to guarantee freedom of the seas, he said: “Only joint actions are a guarantee of a strong and united Europe, in which Ukraine remains a reliable outpost on its eastern borders.”