The situation becomes worse as Russia has suspended the developmentof commercial vesselswithin the AzovSea until further notes would be announced. Russianpowers attacked Ukraine with strikes on major cities and that has caused so much damage. Russia, the world’s biggestwheat exporter,basicallyships its grain from portswithin the Black Sea. The AzovSea is actually hometo shallow water ports oflittle capacity where all the activities would occur.
For those who might not know, Ukraine and also Russia both have ports on the AzovSea. It would indeed include Ukraine’s major harborof Mariupol,whereas Russia controls the sea’s mouth at the Kerch Strait. Both have powers.
BREAKING: Russia to shut down shipping lane in Azov Sea
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 24, 2022
TheSeaof Azovcould be a sea in Eastern Europe associated with the Black Sea by thecontract Strait of Kerch, and isin some cases has been respectedas a northernexpansionof the BlackOcean. Theoceanis boundedwithin the northwest by Ukraine, and thesoutheast by Russia. TheDon and Kuban are the major waterways thatstream there.
Sources: Twitter Spectator Index, Nasdaq, Devdiscourse.
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