I don’t know for sure what actions they are planning …
Posted on 07/19/2023 1:06:33 PM PDT by Mariner
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Russia warned that from Thursday any ships traveling to Ukraine's Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying military cargoes after Ukraine said it was setting up a temporary shipping route to try and continue its grain exports.
The moves by both countries on Wednesday came just days after Russia quit a deal - brokered by the United Nations and Turkey - that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain for the past year, and revoked its guarantees of safe navigation.
Ukraine has made clear that it wants to try and continue its Black Sea grain shipments and told the U.N. shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), that it had "decided to establish on a temporary basis a recommended maritime route."
But Russia's Defence Ministry then said it would deem all ships travelling to Ukraine to be potentially carrying military cargo and "the flag countries of such ships will be considered parties to the Ukrainian conflict".
In a statement on the Telegram messaging app, it said the move would start at midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT Wednesday).
The Defence Ministry did not say what actions it might take.
Russia was also declaring southeastern and northwestern parts of the Black Sea's international waters to be temporarily unsafe for navigation, the ministry said, without giving details about the parts of the sea which would be affected.
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The dumb, rotten bastards want their cake, and to eat it too.
I’m surprised Russia ever agreed to begin with. And I encourage them to destroy all port facilities and to put every ship transiting to/from Odessa at risk.
Just get the grain from Rhodesia.
“The “world community” expects Ukraine to have unencumbered access to world grain and other commodity markets, but also to boycott everything Russian.”
Yes, exactly. May it be so!
More like a quarantine.
Good luck trying to enforce it, Vlad.
Instead of paying farmers to keep land fallow. Nor should we let Cheyna and depopulationists like Bill Gates buy a lot of farm land.
This one will will devastate.
Tough times ahead. Get right with Jesus and plan accordingly.
We should always be drilling.
I don’t know for sure what actions they are planning …
Putin’s patience seems to have run out.
“Good luck trying to enforce it, Vlad.”
Good luck you trying to stop him.
May I be so!
Ah, yes! Unrestricted naval warfare is a time tested tactic to pull the U.S. into direct conflict.
Is Russia going to make attacks in NATO member territorial waters? After the Moskva sinking and the retreat from Snake Island they haven’t exhibited any naval power projection in the Black Sea. They don’t have the capabilities to enforce a quarantine/inspection regime against the will of NATO members.
Do they try to get their diesel subs close to Odessa and try to sink grain shipments in Ukrainian waters? Not sure how well obviously fueling food scarcity will sit in the parts of the world unwilling to sanction Russia’s invasion, but otherwise indifferent.
Wait, I thought Putin was winning 500+ days into his invasion of Ukraine.
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“Good luck trying to enforce it, Vlad.”
Russia can enforce such a blockade with ease.
Who would dare challenge the Russians on the Black Sea?
Shades of Cuba embargo?
Please, work toward Peace ☮️
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