Ukrainian Maritime Guard declares mine threat in Danube delta
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 21:14
The Maritime Guard of the Border Service of Ukraine has banned fishing and shipping in nine estuaries of the Danube due to the danger posed by drifting mines laid in the Black Sea by the Russians.
Source: Commander of the 18th Detachment of the Maritime Guard of the Border Service of Ukraine, published by the executive committee of Vylkove City Council, Odesa oblast
Details: Due to the threat of mines, it is forbidden to pass through the estuaries of Ochakivske (0-6 km), Prorva, Poludenne, Potapove, Ankudinove, Shvydke, Skhidne and Tsyhanske, near Starostambulske estuary (from the estuary of the Limba to the point of confluence with the Black Sea), as well as in connecting channels and in Zhebrianska Bay.
It is noted that small vessels are also banned from commencing passage in the inland waterways of the Ukrainian Danube region.
