Three foreign vessels ignored the Black Sea blockade and Russian threats - analyst (photo)
It was the first ship to break through the Russian blockade of the Black Sea after Reni bombing on July 25. The ship began its journey from Ashdod, Israel, and openly advertised the destination - Ukraine was crossing the Black Sea with a direct course", " - says Johnson. According to the OSINT community, the Sahin 2 and Yilmaz Kaptan civilian vessels under the flags of Greece and Turkey/Georgia, respectively, are followed by the OSINT AMS1.
"During the night, 3 civilian ships seem to have been challenged by Russian threats to the Black Sea. AMS1, Sahin 2 and Yilmaz Kaptan floated direct routes, openly advertising the destination to Ukraine through AIS. Their origin: Israel, Greece and Turkey/Georgia" , - stated in the message. On July 17, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the stop of the "grain agreement". The military of the Russian Federation began to strike on the port infrastructure of Ukraine and grain storage.
On July 19, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that all vessels, regardless of the flag, which would go to Ukrainian ports from midnight, July 20, Russia will be considered as involved in military conflict. We will remind, on July 21 the Russian Federation stated that it would inspect all ships in the Black Sea. According to Sergei Vershinin, there is no humanitarian corridor, and now the Black Sea has become a "zone of increased military danger".