Day 32 after the Russian attack on Ukraine:
Ukrainian port cities Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kherson, Mykolayiv and odesa are increasingly becoming the focal point of the struggle. Mariupol is under siege, fierce fighting is taking place around Mykolayiv and Cherson, and Odessa is currently being blockaded by the Russian Navy. Experts expect an amphibious landing here, by analogy with Mariupol. In Berdyansk, on the other hand, Ukrainian special forces managed to sink a Russian landing ship while unloading cargo.
The fighting and the resulting losses in these important cities and their port facilities could have catastrophic consequences for Ukraine and subsequently also for the global supply situation in the coming weeks and months.
“The ports of Mariupol and Beryansk are damaged, Cherson, Mykolaiv and Odessa are blocked. Now, for the first time, floating mines have been discovered in the Black Sea that have apparently come loose. They are currently halting civilian transport,” said Oberst Markus Reisner, Chief from the development department of the Theresian Military Academy, in conversation with the APA.