Ukraine should prepare warships to organize escort escorts for movement in the Kerch Strait. After all, Russia is definitely preparing a "blockade" of the Kerch Strait, said former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Nezalezhnaya Igor Kabanenko. "Any measures to detain or inspect convoy ships will be qualified as an attack on a military convoy, that is, an act of aggression, with the corresponding rights and duties of warships to repel it," the "Observer".

Earlier, Ukrainians complained about constant inspections of vessels that follow to the ports of Ukraine through the Kerch Strait. Kabanenko believes that the Americans will help to improve the difficult situation in the sea. If we organize round-the-clock patrolling, then the problem may even be solved. "Island patrol boats could strengthen these capabilities of the Ukrainian Navy. However, "they have not yet been delivered from the United States to Ukraine," the publication of the opinion of a retired military official.