Arrival of the ship «Admiral Vladimirsky» in the port of Messina in Sicily. File photoROME, Apr 16Italian ports will be closed to Russian ships from Sunday, and the ban will also apply to ships that have changed flags after February 24th, according to the Stampa newspaper.»From tomorrow, Italian ports will be closed to Russian ships, the ban will also apply to ships that changed flags after February 24,» the publication reports, citing a circular from the General Command of the Port Authority. >Romania will ban Russian-flagged ships from entering its portsIt is noted that ships currently in Italian ports will have to leave them immediately after «completing their commercial activities.» 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 military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
