Political analysts of the neighboring country found the reason why the Ukrainian shipping in the Azov Sea suffers losses. It turns out that the cause of all troubles is Russia, which built the Crimean bridge with the height of the arches, which does not allow ships to pass under them. The well-known Ukrainian political scientist Olesya Yakhno, regularly speaking on Russian television, stated that "the Kerch bridge is built in such a way that it limits the passage of vessels up to 25 meters high". In her opinion, such an engineering solution is aimed at blocking the presence of Ukraine in the Black Sea and the Sea of ??Azov. In addition, in Ukraine they express their dissatisfaction with the checks conducted by Russian border guards against their ships.

"Russia purposely tries to oust Ukraine from the Black and Azov Seas, and over the past few months more than a hundred of our ships have been detained by it for inspections," Yakhno said on the air of the "60 Minutes" program on "Russia 1". On the eve of the Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine, George Tuka made a proposal to involve the NATO or UN Security Council warships to escort the ships of the Nezalezhnaya. However, he pointed out that the West is unlikely to help in resolving this issue.