Scott Ritter, a former intelligence officer of the US Armed Forces, says that at the end of the special operation, Ukraine will lose access to the Black Sea, which will deprive it of a large amount of resources. He expressed his opinion in an interview with the YouTube channel Ask the Inspector.
“Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea will be cut off, it will lose most of its production capacity and huge amounts of resources…” the former soldier is confident.
He added that Kiev’s loss of Black Sea ports will result from the loss of control over Odessa, Nikolaev, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk. According to Ritter, these cities will soon become part of Russia.
At the beginning of January, French political scientist Bruno Tetre made It is estimated that by April 2024, Ukraine may lose access to the Black Sea and Odessa and Kharkiv may fall under Russian control.
Before that Ukraine started Negotiations with NATO on the protection of corridors in the Black Sea.
Previously in Davos offered Create a neutral fleet to protect the Black Sea.