On Tuesday 23 October, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini urged for the demilitarisation of the Azov Sea and for dialogue between Russia and Ukraine.
"A militarisation of the Azov Sea is in no-one's interest, and it can only destabilise the delicate security situation in the wider Black Sea region", she said at debate at the European Parliament. Mogherini stated that Russia had recently begun to deploy military vessels to the area "in...