Sharing of causticism between Russian and Ukrainian politicians about the passage of "unreliable" ships through the Kerch Strait does not stop. The parties are proposing ever more radical measures that can destroy the delicate balance in relations between countries. With another angry rebuke against Kiev, the State Duma deputy from Crimea Ruslan Balbek. In his opinion, the Ukrainian ships should be allowed to enter the Crimean bridge only under the sights of Russian guns. Otherwise, Ukrainians can make a diversion. "Accompanying the military ships of the country, which has repeatedly stated its intention to attack the Crimea and especially the Crimean bridge, is an absolutely correct and preventive measure. And if you look at the video passage Ukrainian ships through the Crimean bridge, it is clear that the Russian boats FSB and the Black Sea Fleet are held in the so-called "distance jump" - quoted the politician RIA Novosti news agency,. Balbec did not rule out that the Ukrainians could give an assignment during the passage under the transport artery connecting the peninsula with the mainland of Russia, to arrange a provocation. Therefore, our border guards had to take maximum measures to protect the strategic object. "Generally speaking, the movement of the ships of the hostile state first in our economic zone and then in territorial waters should undoubtedly take place at gunpoint. And we do not care what the "great" Ukrainian naval commanders think about it: do not like it - do not go, you are indignant - next time you will drag your ships on land by dragging them, "the parliamentarian said.. Balbek suggested that Ukrainian politicians and the military "did not look into the international maritime code".

Otherwise, they would not be surprised that the Russian reconnaissance ship "Progress" approached "with the ship of an aggressive state": our military had this full right. Earlier, the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, called the ships under the Crimean bridge "rusty troughs", and the deputies of the State Council of Crimea accused Kiev of lying, after the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine accused the Russian border guards of creating a "dangerous incident" during the passage of ships across the Kerch Strait. It remains to be hoped that the parties will limit themselves to statements already made and will not further heat up the situation. On Sunday, September 23, search and rescue ship A500 Donbass and the sea tug A830 Korets of the Ukrainian Navy passed along the Crimean coast, sailed under the Crimean bridge and went to the Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea. According to the Kiev authorities, these ships will be part of the new naval base of the Ukrainian fleet. The Russian side ensured the safe escort of Ukrainian ships and provided them with a pilot.