The authorities of Bulgaria have decided to close their ports to all vessels registered in the Russian Maritime Register of Navigation as of April 8, 2023, as reported by Ports Europe.
Thus, all vessels registered in Russia will be prohibited from docking in all Bulgarian sea and river ports, regardless of the flag they fly, thus following the sanctions imposed by the European Union in retaliation for invasion of Ukraine ordered by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
The Bulgarian government has been banning Russian-flagged ships from entering its ports since April 17 last year, a restriction included in the fifth package of sanctions imposed by the European Union. However, now it is extended to Russian vessels sailing under the flags of other countries.
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The government of Ukraine He assured this Thursday that he was willing to discuss the future of crimea with Russia if his forces reach the border of the Moscow-occupied peninsula, he said Andriy Sybiha, adviser to the president Volodimir Zelensky to the british medium Financial Times.
sybihawho is the deputy head of Zelensky’s office, spoke about Ukraine’s interest in negotiations since it broke off peace talks with the Kremlin last April.
“If we are successful in achieving our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we are at the administrative border with Crimea, we are ready to open [una] diplomatic page to discuss this issue,” Sybiha told the Financial Times.
“That does not mean that we exclude the path of liberation [de Crimea] by our army,” he added.
President Zelensky has so far ruled out any kind of peace talks with Russia. until the Kremlin forces leave all of Ukraine, including Crimea.
Sybiha said the president was referring specifically to Crimea, as Ukraine’s military nears launching its counter-offensive to retake territory.
Ukraine has abandoned peace negotiations with the Kremlin after the discovery of mass graves bucha that point to that Russia committed war crimes in the region, forcing Zelensky to sign a decree declaring negotiations with Putin impossible after the Kremlin illegally annexed four provinces to Russian territory in September.
The head of the office of the Polish president, Marcin Przydaczconfirmed to television TVN the arrival of Zelensky in Poland, one of the great Western allies of Ukraine against the Russian invasion war.
(With information from Europa Press)
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