The expert explained the reason for the crash of Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait
Ukraine should use the situation with the sinking of two Russian tankers to its advantage, the expert believes.
Russia is buying up old ships in order to circumvent sanctions and transport its oil with a shadow fleet. Thus, military expert, former SBU employee Ivan Stupak explained on air on Radio NV why two tankers sank in the Kerch Strait after a collision.
“This is a shadow fleet, which is not called shadow for nothing, because these are old ships that are already out of commission or are on the verge of being decommissioned, their resources have been exhausted… The Russian Federation is actively buying them in order to transport its oil, because European countries and other countries of the world are introducing a sanctions policy and prohibiting these ships from entering their ports, they do not allow…
