The European Parliament does not like the fact that a conflict is brewing on the "threshold of Europe", which can be dangerous for EU countries. Therefore, the representatives of the organization prepared a draft resolution calling for the strengthening of anti-Russian sanctions if the situation in Azov aggravates. In the EP, they want the Russian side to stop conducting "discriminatory inspections" of Ukrainian courts. This document may be considered by the European Union at the next session in Strasbourg.. The organization also proposes to create a post of special envoy for the Crimea and Donbass, which would also closely monitor the situation in the Sea of ??Azov.

According to RIA FAN, in March of this year, Ukraine detained the Russian trawler "Nord", and in August - the tanker "Mechanic Pogodin" in the port of Chersonese. Russia saw in these actions "sea terrorism". According to RIA Novosti news agency, the European Parliament also supported the recent decision of the European Union to impose sanctions against six Russian companies involved in the "illegal" construction of the Crimean bridge. The assets of these organizations in the EU were frozen.