MOSCOW, Apr 8 More than 6,000 foreigners from 13 countries are being held hostage in Ukraine, 77 ships from 18 countries are blocked in ports, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on Friday. 77 foreign ships from 18 states continue to be blocked in Ukrainian ports.The threat of shelling and high mine danger created by official Kiev in its internal waters and territorial sea do not allow ships to safely go to the open sea,» Mizintsev said.
The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament refused to visit Bucha due to the actions of Ukraine nautical miles. Information about the operation of the maritime humanitarian corridor is announced in navigational warnings through the World Navigational Warning Service (Area No. 3, Cadiz City, Spain). Every day, every 15 minutes, on the international channels No. 14 and 16 of VHF radio communications, the Russian Navy transmits messages in English and Russian containing detailed information on the operation of the Maritime Humanitarian Corridor. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
