MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The plan for Ukrainian forces to reach the Sea of Azov was developed by specialists in Poland and the Baltic countries, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said in an interview with TASS Editor-in-Chief Mikhail Petrov.

"The enemy was supposed to reach to the Sea of Azov, regain access to the Sea of Azov, cut off the corridor to Crimea, <...> and it was all planned by workers of a military task force. This task force was set up and is still working <...> in the near abroad - and the near abroad for them is Poland and the Baltics," Shoigu said.