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Prof. Todor Tagarev.
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The evacuation of the Bulgarian crew from Tsarevna was possible only on the 50th day of the war in Ukraine, because now the Kremlin leadership has decided. This was stated to BNT by the former Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev.
“A few weeks before the start of the war, the Russian fleet with ships from the Black Sea, Baltic, Northern and Pacific fleets of the Russian Federation blocked virtually the entire Ukrainian coast – both Black Sea and Azov, which has full control over the Black Sea except territorial “It is Russia that is the country in the conflict that does not allow merchant ships to leave Ukrainian ports,” Tagarev said.
He suggested that some agreement had been reached, probably with the participation of the Bulgarian authorities, to evacuate our sailors.
“They cannot be withdrawn without the consent of the Russian side,” Tagarev was adamant.
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