The expert on security issues, Lieutenant-General Vasyl Bohdan says Russia’s actions in the Sea of Azov, namely military drills within 16 kilometers from Ukraine’s coast and detention of Ukrainian ships, are aimed at providing political and economic pressure on Ukraine.
UNIAN: Expert names Putin’s three goals in Azov Sea
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks to take part in the opening ceremony of the road-and-rail Crimean Bridge over the Kerch Strait on May 15, 2018.Vladimir Putin inaugurated the 19 kilometres (12 miles) bridge consisting of parallel road and railway sections that link southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula which was annexed from Ukraine in 2014, a highly symbolic project he has personally championed. Built at a cost of 228 billion rubles ($3.69 billion), the new structure connects the southern Krasnodar region with the Crimean city of Kerch, spanning a strait between the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Alexander NEMENOV
