During September, 30 cargo ships illegally visited annexed Crimean ports, the Ukrainian Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons reported.

“During the period between September 1 and October 1 this year, the visits of 30 violating vessels to occupied Crimean ports were recorded. Overall, these vessels made 79 visits in the ports of Kerch, Sevastopol and Feodosia. 23 of them were under the flag of the Russian Federation, and 7 were under the flag of other …

According to 9 months of records, the transit of gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system amounted to a record 70.4 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 23.5% more than the volume of transit for the same 9 months last year, as reported by Naftogaz of Ukraine.

As noted, this is the highest level in the last 9 years.

In addition, according to the company, 8.5 billion cubic meters of gas have been pumped into Ukrainian storage facilities, which is 44% more than last year. As of …

In annexed Crimea, more than 2,000 citizens will be drafted into the Russian army for military service, as announced on October 2 by the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The military department says that the recruits "will fulfill their military duty on ships and units of coastal troops of the Black Sea Fleet."

"According to the schedule, the first dispatch of recruits into the army is planned for the middle of October," the Ministry’s press …