MELITOPOL, August 15. /TASS/. Russia has sufficient resources and logistical alternatives to minimize the impact of a possible suspension of navigation in the Black Sea on its economy, but this scenario will mean a slow death for Ukraine.
According to Alexander Pataman, head of the secretariat of the Zaporozhye Region office of the World Russian People’s Council, Russia has sufficient resources and logistical alternatives to minimize the consequences of this scenario.
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Alexander Pataman, also heads the secretariat of the Zaporozhye Region office of the World Russian People’s Council, an international public organization, said.
With enough resources and alternative logistical routes, Russia can survive the possible situation of Black Sea navigation suspension for an unlimited period of time and without noticeable damage, said Pataman. However, this scenario will mean a slow death for Ukraine.
We have no need for the moratorium on attacks on ‘civilian ships’ proposed by Vladimir Zelensky, he added.
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In his words, ship traffic in Ukraine’s major ports has de-facto stopped. Apart from sustaining economic losses, the Kiev regime has lost an opportunity to transport weapons, ammunition, and other military cargoes for its armed forces by sea.
Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhny, Ukraine’s three largest commercials ports, have not been used. Data on the schedule of vessel traffic showed that no large foreign merchant ship has entered these port cities over the period.
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Meanwhile, traffic via ports of the Danube River, mostly Ukraine’s Izmail, or transit via Moldova to Romania’s Constanta cannot make up for the closure of Odessa ports as cargo handling potential there is smaller, with navigation along the Danube faltering amid a continued heatwave in Europe.
As a result, Ukrainian farm exports have dwindled by approximately 60%, or a monthly value of more than $2 billion. Iron ore and metals exports worth around $700 million a month have almost fully stopped: up to 90% of those were routed via Odessa ports.
Vessel tracking data do not cover military cargo supplies to Ukraine’s armed forces. The Russian Defense Ministry has regularly reported striking bulk carriers serving the Ukrainian army.
TASS / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
Never trust the Turks -nothing changes in 100,s of years -if they stop Russian vessels then Russia should stop gas to Turkey.
Turks double cross everybody, Syria, Kurd’s, the Saudi’s, Pakistani’s, NATO, Russia, what ever comes to mind in order to take advantage, just like the Zionist scum, must be something in the DNA?
A lot of their origin are Sunni Muslim same as Saudi Arabia which would be opposed to Iran .
They originally were nomads /traders worshiping a variety gods of further eastern origin where they originally came from ,they were conquered by the Arabs and used as slaves long ago .
They are a mix of races as far as DNA goes.