💬 Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyanskiy: Ever growing terrorist activity of the Kiev regime in the Sea of Azov and in the Black Sea undermines international trade and economic cooperation and impedes sustainable development. At the same time, officials in Kiev not only confirm their involvement in these attacks but also emphasise that they carry them out deliberately to undermine Russia's economic potential. However, the attacks target foreign-flag vessels as well [...] So far, this year has seen a surge in attacks on civilian vessels, with 214 attacks recorded, including seven large-scale attacks on tankers of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium [...] The Kiev regime and its Western sponsors supplying it with weapons so that it commits more crimes bear full responsibility for the armed escalation and the aggravating transport and logistics situation in the Sea of Azov and in the Black Sea. Russia is actively taking response measures to reduce the combat potential of the Kiev regime's formations, including by attacking vessels and destroying the port infrastructure used for military logistics purposes. Read in full