ウクライナ外務省は10日、ロシアが来週予定している軍事演習により、ウクライナが海上封鎖状態に置かれていると非難した。
ドミトロ・クレバ外相によると、ロシア海軍によってアゾフ海は完全に封鎖され、黒海もほとんど航行できない状態になっているという。
ロシアは軍事演習実施に先立ち、沿岸地域にミサイルや銃砲の発射演習があると警告している。
ウクライナ外務省は、「前例を見ない広い範囲で軍事演習が行われるため、アゾフ海・黒海双方での航海が実質的に不可能になっている」と説明した。
オレクシイ・レズニコフ国防相も、2つの海の国際水域もロシアによって封鎖されているとツイートした。
在ウクライナ米大使館はツイッターで、「軍事演習という建前のもと、ロシアはウクライナの海上主権を制限し、黒海とアゾフ海の航行の自由を狭め、ウクライナ経済に重要な海上交通を妨げている」と非難した。
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Launch of Russian military drills stokes fears of preparations for attack on Ukraine, as diplomatic sparring continues
A Russian navy vessels sails through the Bosporus en route to the Black Sea past the city of Istanbul on Feb. 9. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
By Alex Horton, John Hudson, Robyn Dixon and Rachel Pannett
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia began 10 days of military exercises in Belarus on Thursday involving tens of thousands of troops, with warships entering the Black Sea for large-scale naval drills that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said would render international shipping lanes “virtually impossible” to navigate.
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The activity got underway as a flurry of high-stakes diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing a Russian invasion of Ukraine appeared to falter.
In Berlin, negotiators representing Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany failed to come to an agreement after nine hours of discussions seeking a resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.
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At the United Nations in New York, Washington and Beijing sparred, with a top Chinese diplomat accusing the United States of “hyping up the tension.”
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his meeting with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was like “the deaf talking to the blind.”
The smallest of silver linings emerged from remarks Russian President Vladimir Putin gave to reporters late in the day, making it clear he had not yet given up on the diplomatic track and would soon send a written response to de-escalation proposals by NATO and Washington.
“As for further talks with our European, American partners, they are continuing both in an open and behind-closed-door manner,” Putin said.
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A detachment of six Russian landing ships arrived at the Sevastopol port in Russia-annexed Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, capping a 7,000-nautical-mile journey from the Baltic Sea. The ships typically are used for unloading troops, vehicles and materiel onto land. Some took part in Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008.
Ukrainian officials described the maneuvers as “destructive activity to destabilize the security situation” and accused Russia of violating international law by restricting wide swaths of sea to conduct missile and artillery fire training.
“These actions pose another threat to Ukraine’s sovereignty,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in a statement. “By blocking the recommended sea lanes, the Russian Federation has made it literally impossible to navigate in these areas and allow ships to enter Ukrainian seaports, especially in the Sea of Azov.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/10/ukraine-russia-putin-nato-belarus/
