120 ships drifting in Kerch Strait

KYIV, February 10 /UKRINFORM/. 120 ships [including the foreign-flagged -114] are now anchored in the waters of the Kerch Strait, the Emergencies Ministry Department in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea said in a statement.

"In view of adverse weather conditions in the Sea of Azov, surrounded by ice, there are 21 immovable vessels," reads the statement.

Earlier it was reported that due to a storm alert the passage of vessels in the Kerch Strait was limited. The Kerch Strait separates the territory of Ukraine and Russia.

On Thursday, the operation of the Kerch ferry service was resumed.