the stretch (of Black Sea) from Crimea to Romania would be the next object of blockade and further seizure

-Turkey to the south and Caspian Sea to the side

8-6-2018    the stretch (of Black Sea) from Crimea to Romania would be the next object of blockade and further seizure.

  UK military Col. (Rtd) Grant says the Russians will start a game where they will try to block access to Odesa. Obviously, this will be their next step, he stressed, adding that U.S. and other NATO allies' warships deployed near Odesa for exercises or being on their planned routes will not open fire on Russian vessels. https://www.unian.info/politics/10214675-azov-sea-could-become-russian-and-nato-won-t-help-british-expert.html