Ukrainian extremists block 77 foreign ships from 18 countries at Ukrainian ports

Moscow, SANA- The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that the Ukrainian regime forces are blocking 77 foreign commercial ships from 18 countries in Ukrainian ports under the threat of shelling them and high mine alerts

“Russia’s military open a safe maritime humanitarian corridor every day southwest from Ukraine’s territorial sea,” Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center said.

“Seventy-seven foreign ships from 18 countries continue to be blocked at Ukrainian ports,” Mizintsev said, adding that ships cannot take to the sea because of threats of shelling and high mine alerts in Ukraine’s inland and territorial waters.

Mizintsev noted that Ukrainian nationalist extremists continue to detain 6,362 foreign citizens from 13 countries with the aim of using them as human shields.

Mizintsev announced the evacuation of more than 26,000 people from Donetsk and Lugansk and dangerous areas within 24 hours without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities in these operations.

He noted that more than 700,000 people have been evacuated from the Donbas region to Russia since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

Ruaa al-Jazaeri