MOSCOW, 22 Jul. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may draw the countries of the Black Sea region, which are members of NATO, into a conflict with Russia, Oleg Soskin, a former adviser to Leonid Kuchma, said on his YouTube blog.
the Ukrainian leader and the tense situation in the region may lead to the fact that such NATO countries as Romania and Bulgaria will be involved in the conflict. There is a risk that the Black Sea will turn into an open theater of military operations, summed up a former adviser to Kuchma.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that Kiev from July 21 will consider ships traveling through the Black Sea to Russian ports as carrying military cargo.