The head of the National Center for Defense Management Mijaíl Mízintsev, in statements to the press, specified that the established mechanisms improve the area and make it a safe strip for shipping.
“The Black Sea Corridor operates from 08:00 to 19:00 Moscow time, is 139 miles long and three wide and will be used to leave the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhni heading south-west the territorial sea of Ukraine,” Mízintsev elaborated.
He also explained that the Azov Sea Corridor will be available 24 hours a day, will have dimensions of 115 miles long and two wide, and will be used to exit the port of Mariupol towards the Black Sea.
In this vein, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has previously stated that the security corridors created by Russia can be used by any cargo ship still waiting to leave Black Sea ports.
However, Lavrov stressed that for the successful implementation of this operation it is necessary for the Ukrainians to clear the sea strip off the coast, which is under the control of Kyiv, from mines.
Russia launched an armed operation in Ukraine on February 24 after authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics requested help to repel rising aggression and intense bombing in Kiev.
Previously, Moscow had recognized the independence and sovereignty of both territories and signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with their leaders, which included the establishment of diplomatic relations and military assistance.
In his informational speech on the start of the operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the goal is to protect the people of Donbass from the abuses and genocide in Kyiv over the past eight years, in addition to “demilitarization” and ” Denazification”. Ukraine.
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