Although Ukraine can consider not joining NATO, it requires territorial integrity, and surrender of Crimea is unacceptable to Putin. Now we will talk about the importance of the Black Sea as follows.
Russia’s geographical features are high latitude and vast land, determining that its sea exports are minimal. Strictly speaking, the Caspian Sea in Central Asia is not a sea but a super large lake. Russia’s most valuable outlets are the Baltic Sea in the northwest and the Black Sea in the southwest, and because of the high latitude, the long coastline of the Arctic Ocean is frozen often of the years, so it cannot use for the seaway.
Although a good port of Vladivostok (formerly Vladivostok in China as an outlet) has been obtained on the east side of the Pacific Ocean, most of Russia’s population, cities, industries, and economic resources are in Europe. There are no big cities with a concentrated population in the far East, but Haba is the largest city. When there are few people, nothing can be, consumption will not be prosperous, and the economy will not develop.
Russia’s largest cargo port in Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, with an annual cargo throughput of 140 million tons, the second is the Port of St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, and Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean is known as “the largest port in the Russian Far East.” The annual cargo throughput is only over 10 million tons, only 1/10 of the Black Seaport. This background knowledge lets our readers understand the Black Sea’s importance to Russia, both economically and militarily.
Russia’s economic artery and the most important outlet to the Black Sea fell into a naked streaking state, and there was a danger of being blocked at the critical moment. The Port of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula is the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and it is irreplaceable. Losing Crimea will destroy most of the Black Sea Fleet’s martial arts.
It’s the foundation. It is the result of the lifelong struggles of the two great emperors, Peter and Catherine, and for them, it is their ancestor. Therefore, Crimea is an inescapable pain for Putin and all Russian nationalists.
He means by saying so much that if the territorial integrity that Ukraine insists on includes Crimea, Putin does not tell to negotiate seriously.
Therefore, Putin has suspected of showing weakness and bullying the enemy, and Ukraine does not want to lose territory to seek peace. There will be little progress in such negotiations, and everyone should not expect this war to end at the negotiating table immediately.
