The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine notes that Russian warships paint names and tail numbers. This may indicate that the Russian Navy is preparing to commit provocations in order to subsequently shift the responsibility for them to the Ukrainian Naval Forces..

" Realizing the dirty methods of warfare by the rashists, this action is seen as preparation for the upcoming provocations against civilian ships, followed by blaming Ukrainian warships for them,"

It is noted that the invaders, under the pretext of a fake counter-terrorist operation, blocked the work of Ukrainian ports.. Fired on 4 civilian ships.

" ) and hold captive civilian cargo ships. They interfere with rescue operations - they seized one search and rescue vessel and repeatedly threatened the rescue boats that were going to help the crews of the wrecked ships with weapons, "

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The representative of the Odessa OVA Sergey Bratchuk said that on Monday, March 21, the Russian invaders fired at Odessa from naval artillery.