Claims that trucks are being allowed into Crimea are false

A trade blockade of the Crimean peninsula by mainland Ukraine began today at 12:00. However, just hours later, several media outlets reported that truck access was closed only at Chongar, while Kalanchak and Chaplynka were allowing goods to pass. It has since emerged that this information is inaccurate.

«Побывал на всех трех пунктах пропуска в Крым: Чонгар, Чаплынка, Каланчак. Информация о том, что где-то все-таки пропускают фуры, не соответствует действительности. Не пропускают нигде» (I visited all three border checkpoints into Crimea: Chongar, Chaplynka, and Kalanchak. The information that trucks are being allowed through somewhere is not true. They are not being allowed through anywhere), said Ayder Mudzhabaev.

Meanwhile, in Crimea itself, police raided the homes of Crimean Tatar activists, attempting to exert pressure on their families.