sea of Azov

Tension in the water area of the Azov Sea and adjacent areas of the Black Sea is growing. After the incidents involving mutual seizures of fishing trawlers, the opposing sides (Ukraine and Russia) have actively begun preparations for an armed clash that is likely to happen in this region.

Ukrainian border guard boats under attack in Azov sea near Mariupol.

The atmosphere is Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts remains tense, reports Andriy Lysenko, the spokesman of the NSC News & Analysis Center at the daily briefing