The Russians never give up, agreement or not, and have captured three little boats from the Ukraine. The story appears in several news outlets. They want to choke off the Ukraine and continue to support rebels in the south of the country.
We can clearly see the progress on the bridge to Russia from the video. That has to be one of the most expensive bridges ever built. The Kerch Strait links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and the Russians wanted to be able to get supplies into Crimea which they liberated from the Ukraine. The Ukrainians were not helping them out very much, of course. Hitler thought this path was the way to Moscow, and it may turn out to be the path from Moscow to the Ukraine and west.
The Russians are using the Chinese trick of claiming territorial waters they control but don't own. This is why we have freedom of navigation agreements in the UN, which neither of the two countries follow. The Russians now say these little ships were intentionally sent to upset them (which it did) and the Ukrainians say they were doing nothing wrong by sailing there (probably right). They can claim innocent passage, but the Russians are trying to undo that claim with their approach. Now the Ukraine wants more sanctions on Russia. Good luck with that.
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