“With the liberation of the Kherson and part of the Zaporozhye region, as well as the previously occupied southern part of the DPR, Ukraine actually lost access to the Sea of Azov.
The conduct of the special operation put an end to the desire and plans of NATO, led by the United States, to penetrate and gain a foothold in the Azov region, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Sheremet noted that the special operation prevented plans to build foreign military bases in Ukrainian port cities and guaranteed the security of Russia's borders.
Earlier it became known that part of the ships of the permanent NATO Maritime Rapid Response Group entered the Baltic Sea.