Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed out all plans: the liner “Prince Vladimir” from Russia to Crimea will not sail

The other day, at a meeting with Putin, First Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Andrei Kostyuk announced that in June they plan to launch sea cruises on the Prince Vladimir liner from Sochi to Crimea (where, we recall, the occupiers are already confiscating land from local residents for “defensive” measures). True, then a clarification followed that tickets for cruises on the liner were not yet available for purchase, and the schedule for 2023 was being approved by the tour operator. However, the media of the occupiers unanimously picked up this unprecedented achievement with the long-suffering old ship, which was proudly called the only sea cruise liner in Russia. Crimean Reintegration Association.

By the way, the saga with the liner has been going on for several years, and illegal cruises to the occupied Crimea on it were interrupted before 2020.

“In 2021, the invaders frantically prepared the liner for navigation, but were able to announce the first illegal cruise in September, which, however, never took place. - explain in the Association. - TOne company offered passengers to postpone their cruise bookings to 2022, which, due to large-scale Russian aggression, has become a real black mark. Naturally, navigation in 2022 did not take place either.”

A day after Andrey Kostyuk’s promises, representatives of the Sochi seaport denied his report and indicated that the Knyaz Vladimir would definitely not sail from Sochi to Crimea in the summer of 2023. Experts note that at the same meeting the rashist Kostyuk publicly lied to the way that “Comet” has already been going from Sevastopol to Yalta since May 1which, of course, is not.

Meanwhile, according to the British intelligence services, the Russians are preparing for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Large-scale defensive structures are being built both on the front line and in the occupied Crimea and some Russian regions.