Kremlin: Black Sea Will Never Be Under NATO’s Control

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov affirmed that the Black Sea will never become a NATO sea, adding that it must remain a sea of cooperation and interaction for all coastal states.

Thursday's statement came in response to Kyiv’s idea of demilitarizing the Black Sea and simultaneously turning it into a ‘NATO sea’.

Peskov said: "The Black Sea will never be a ‘NATO sea,’ this is a common sea."

Moreover, the Russian spokesman stressed: "This must be indivisible security."

He noted that the idea is based on two contradictions. "NATO and demilitarization are two incompatible notions," he said.

In previous remarks, Peskov highlighted that Russia's confrontation with the West would likely last a long time.

"If we talk about the war in a broad sense: the confrontation with Western countries, hybrid war... this will go on for a long time," the official indicated.

He believed that Russians had rallied around President Vladimir Putin in an "unprecedented" way and that most want to see his goals in Ukraine achieved.