Israeli vessel breaks through Moscow’s Black Sea grain blockade - report

The Jerusalem Post ^ | August 1, 2023 | Staff Report

[Timber Rattler]

An Israeli merchant ship that embarked from the Port of Ashdod Monday became the first vessel to openly defy Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea since they pulled out of a deal with Ukraine allowing the country to export grain from its ports in mid-July, Ukrainian news outlet Militarnyi reported on Monday.

Israeli vessel Ams1 seemingly ignored Russian threats and entered the Ukrainian branch of the Danube Monday afternoon, according to Ukrainian reports. It crossed the Black Sea on a direct route from Ashdod Port while the American aircraft P8 Poseidon provided aerial security, the reports added.

Ams1 was followed by four more vessels that have either anchored or will anchor in the Danube shortly.

[Timber Rattler]

The Israelis just called Putin's bluff. His illegal blockade has more holes in it than Swiss cheese.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

The Israelis just called Putin's bluff.

You remind me of the idiots in the US State Department.

[Timber Rattler]

You said:

You remind me of the idiots in the US State Department.

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[Right_Wing_Madman]

Just a friendly reminder from site management:

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[Jumper]

Won’t matter in six weeks. Another 200k troops will join the Russian forces and steamroll Biden’s illegal army. Those four republics will soon be free from the illegal government in Kiev.

See how a perspective and another months can and will change everything.

I was once in the State Department and can’t think of a nice for about 97% of them Marxist SOBs.

[Varsity Flight]

....”and they met in a place called, Armageddon.”

[srmanuel]

FR has a cooler ??

I always thought it was the electric chair or bust.

We need a little humor from time to time, even if it’s lame.

[srmanuel]

FR has a cooler ??

I always thought it was the electric chair or bust.

We need a little humor from time to time, even if it’s lame.

[BobL]

I suspect that Russia has options that they preferred not to use, but will now, like mines.

[BobL]

Probably feels like an electric chair, to some here...

[McGruff]

...while the American aircraft P8 Poseidon provided aerial security,...

But we’re not at war with Russia, right?

[Right_Wing_Madman]

I suspect that Russia has options that they preferred not to use, but will now, like mines.

Russia killed the grain deal and is choking off Odessa for three reasons:

1. To cut off Ukraine's only source of regular income, outside the US taxpayer/treasury bill.
2. To cut off arms resupply to Ukraine from the West via the Black Sea.
3. As punitive measures to Europe for sanctions and whole lot of other things.

It feels like Ukraine's status as a maritime nation is coming to a close.

[BobL]

Very true, and it’s also the fuel supply to Ukraine that will be taken down as Russia cuts off Ukraine from the Black Sea.

[wildcard_redneck]

You can type out the most disgusting wishes for violence and death and when someone points out the stupidity of your comments then you pull out the threat of being banned. Disgusting, censorious, leftist behavior is what it is.

[FlyingEagle]

We all recognize Brandon posters when we see them.

Agencies like CIA, FBI and DOD sponsor such things, we all know that.

Zeeper club is full of them - they act like Antifa too, behave just like them.

[Timber Rattler]

One set of clear posting rules for everybody, right? No double standards?

And wasn't it the anti-Ukraine posters who went shrieking and crying to the site owner demanding that he clean up the place and reiterate and enforce those rules FOR EVERYBODY?

[wildcard_redneck]

The thing about bloodthirsty, leftist morons is that they are totally unaware of their pathology. They want a pulpit from which to scream their disgusting beliefs and then try to censor those that disagree. Disgusting morons is what they are.

[T.B. Yoits]

The Israelis just called Putin's bluff. His illegal blockade has more holes in it than Swiss cheese.

"Broke through" the blockade or "negotiated through" the blockade?

Israel buys Russian goods like a lot of other countries do.

[Timber Rattler]

If you don't like the posting rules as expressed on July 9, 2023, then I suggest that you take it up with the site owner. You were the ones who demanded that he crack down.

No double standards, right? One set of rules for everybody to follow...is that so hard?