Thank you, Chair.
Ms. Klymenko, I would like to go back to you. You have very much identified—all of our witnesses have—the importance of securing safe passage from the port of Odessa through the Black Sea.
One of the problems is that we know Russia is engaged in criminal acts here. We know they are engaged in blackmail. The problem is that Russia has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, which often hobbles that organization's effectiveness. What I want to know is.... In the Black Sea, you have major neighbours. You have Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. Do you have any intelligence on what their naval forces are doing?
Outside of continuing to support Ukraine with heavy weapons, what does Canada need to do to push with international allies to try to secure that passage? Do freighters need naval escorts, etc.?
I would like to know in what practical terms we may have to work with the knowledge that Russia is going to try to block us at every turn.