Ukrainian goods shipped to Crimea by sea – Crimean Tatar leader

15:01, 08.10.2015 1 min read

Ukrainian goods are being shipped to annexed Crimea in barges, President's Commissioner for the Crimean Tatar People, Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Mustafa Jemilev has said.

"Everything is blocked by road and rail, while barges from Skadovsk are shipping goods by sea to Crimea," the Sobytiya Kryma portal reported, citing Jemilev.

He also said that some trucks delivery goods to Crimea via Rostov-on-Don in Russia, bypassing Kherson region.

Jemilev said that he has informed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the situation.

He did not say if the barge shipments could be blocked.

As reported, a blockade of deliveries to Crimea by road began on September 20.