The authorities of the Zaporozhye region declared “full control” over the Novorossiya highway, which supplies Crimea. The Ministry of Defense did not report this
The P280 Novorossiya highway, which runs from Rostov-on-Don to Crimea through regions annexed to the Russian Federation, is completely under the control of the Russian military. The governor of the Zaporozhye region, Evnegy Balitsky, announced this at a meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. “On your instructions, the road was taken under special control, and today all the tasks that we face, as well as the tasks of the Northern Military District, will be completed,” the official assured.