Russia claims NATO's maritime supply route has been severed, resulting in a massive backlog of weapons at the border
According to TASS, due to daily Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports, NATO countries have nearly halted the delivery of weapons and dual-use goods to port facilities in the Odesa region. This information was revealed by Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of a pro-Russian underground organization in Mykolaiv, to TASS.
Lebedev stated: "A large volume of cargo is now piling up at border crossings between Poland and Romania. The railway logistics system simply cannot handle such large-scale transshipment within the same timeframe as it did previously via sea transport."
He pointed out that this land route not only incurs higher costs but is also highly inconvenient—because Ukraine uses the Soviet-standard track gauge, which differs from that used in Eastern European countries, requiring all goods to be transshipped at the border from one type of flatcar and carriage to another."
Since mid-July, Russian forces have conducted daily strikes on Ukrainian vessels and seaport storage facilities used for supplying Ukrainian military forces. Russian Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Rodion Miroshnik explained that Kyiv authorities had long regarded the maritime route as an uninterrupted channel for arms transportation. According to him, approximately 8,000 ships carrying military supplies have passed through the Odesa port over the past three years—precisely why Russia continues targeting these facilities.
The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly emphasized that strikes on infrastructure aim to undermine the enemy’s military-economic potential. Russian forces have employed attack drones and long-range precision weapons capable of destroying any target in Kyiv and across Ukraine.
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