“The threat of shelling and the high mine danger created by official Kyiv do not allow ships to freely go to the open sea.
So, on July 28, 2022, when measuring the depths of the fairway at the mouth of the Danube River, the Shlyakhovich small geographical vessel of the State Hydrographic Service of Ukraine was blown up on a Ukrainian drifting mine, ”said Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of Russia.
On July 24, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that 70 foreign ships remained blocked in Ukrainian territorial waters due to mines.