“Losing access to the Black Sea will deal a catastrophic economic and military blow to Ukraine and make it a landlocked stump state,” the observer stated.
According to Timchenko, in this case, Kyiv may face a problem regarding the export of its products.
In addition, the observer did not rule out that Kyiv may no longer control the pipeline through which gas enters Romania.
“If Russia gets this branch of the gas pipeline, the Kremlin will win another strategic victory,” the author of the article concluded.
In July, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RT and RIA Novosti that the geographical objectives of the special military operation in Ukraine had changed.