Russians are actively using the Azov Sea to plunder the occupied territories of Ukraine. They mainly use the port of Mariupol for this purpose. This was reported by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy Dmytro Pletenchuk during a telethon, according to a correspondent of UNN .
They actively use the water area to plunder the occupied territories. They mostly use the port of Mariupol for this purpose. We do not observe military units there. But the civilians who are actually used for internal transportation, those who take our grain and metal in Mariupol and take it to Russian ports and reload it there, then they can trade it, which is what they do,
He also noted that the Azov Sea is not easy to maneuver in.
This is not the sea where they will deploy any combat units in large numbers in the near future. Because of the shallow depths, the small number of recommended routes, and therefore the Black Sea remains their main one, but it is also more dangerous. Because in the Azov Sea, they still believe that they have protected themselves from drones by blocking the Kerch Strait, doing everything possible to narrow this passage so that it is easier to control it with the help of aviation, which they are doing, but the situation remains basically stable in this sense,
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On the morning of July 15 , the Ukrainian Navy reportedthat there were no ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, and three ships were in the Sea of Azov, but they were not carrying Kalibr.