Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's Black Sea coast have destroyed 60,000 tonnes of grain and damaged storage infrastructure, officials say.

Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi said a "considerable amount" of export infrastructure was out of operation.

Russia has pulled out of a deal guaranteeing safe passage for exports across the Black Sea.

Later on Wednesday Russia's President Putin accused the West of using the grain deal as "political blackmail".

He added he would consider rejoining the international agreement, in place since last summer, only "if all principles under which Russia agreed to participate in the deal are fully taken into account and fulfilled".

His comments came shortly after Russia's defence ministry declared that from midnight on Wednesday night (21:00 GMT), any ships heading to Ukrainian ports would be viewed as potential carriers of military cargo and party to the conflict.

 

Some north-western and south-eastern areas of the Black Sea would be temporarily dangerous for shipping, it added.

Russia began targeting Ukraine's ports in the early hours of Tuesday within hours of its withdrawal from the grain deal.

 

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And the rest of the world does nothing. ????

2 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

And the rest of the world does nothing. ????

Yes they do. They are fighting a proxy war. 

B#st•rds

5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

And the rest of the world does nothing. ????

Not exactly true, there's 63,000 western troops amassing to enter the war under 17 brigades, in addition the US has recalled it's VET's for deployment to Europe, same in the UK.

2 minutes ago, Jenkins9039 said:

Not exactly true, there's 63,000 western troops amassing to enter the war under 17 brigades, in addition the US has recalled it's VET's for deployment to Europe, same in the UK.

Good idea...........Not!

1 hour ago, Trippy said:

Good idea...........Not!

Well at least they have learned from history [WW1,WW2] and Ukraine, they will be using the 40-55 yr olds first, instead of the youth and creating additional demographic issues (might actually resolve a lot of demographic issues).

2 hours ago, Jenkins9039 said:

Not exactly true, there's 63,000 western troops amassing to enter the war under 17 brigades, in addition the US has recalled it's VET's for deployment to Europe, same in the UK.

Really, you got al link to a credible source to prove that? Or are you just confused? In fact

 

"At the Ramstein meeting, General Milley said that Ukraine’s allies have trained 17 combat brigades and 63,000 Ukrainian troops have been trained by Western allies. The US has trained 15,000 of that total, according to Milley."

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/19597

Which side are the war mongers on?

3 minutes ago, 300sd said:

Which side are the war mongers on?

The war monger here is Putin.

I heard about 2 hours ago on an Aussie news feed (evening news there) that Russia has announced it will consider any ships entering the ports of Ukraine as legitimate war targets and they made specific mention of grain ships.

 

Meanwhile, the warmongers causing world chaos are welcomed by the TAT as they spend a few baht !

A troll post and a reply have been removed

1 hour ago, Tropposurfer said:

I heard about 2 hours ago on an Aussie news feed (evening news there) that Russia has announced it will consider any ships entering the ports of Ukraine as legitimate war targets and they made specific mention of grain ships.

 

Guess it’s time to use nato flagged ships for grain shipments ehh?im not in the least bit surprised putin is doing this he allready sends his mercenary’s out to destabilize and loot unstable countries.

11 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Yes they do. They are fighting a proxy war. 

The arms dealers are all on the gravy train.

3 hours ago, Tug said:

Guess it’s time to use nato flagged ships for grain shipments ehh?im not in the least bit surprised putin is doing this he allready sends his mercenary’s out to destabilize and loot unstable countries.blew

 They blew up his bridge ,no wonder he is pissed. What did they expect?

6 minutes ago, The Old Bull said:

 They blew up his bridge ,no wonder he is pissed. What did they expect?

You might ask what did putin expect?he Putin stole their land murdered their citizens kidnapped their children is looting their country this bridge is an instrument in the furtherance of this crime against the Ukrainian nation of course they want to destroy it.Putin’s attack is another crime against the hungry and defenseless on our sorry little planet 

7 hours ago, placeholder said:

Really, you got al link to a credible source to prove that? Or are you just confused? In fact

 

"At the Ramstein meeting, General Milley said that Ukraine’s allies have trained 17 combat brigades and 63,000 Ukrainian troops have been trained by Western allies. The US has trained 15,000 of that total, according to Milley."

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/19597

????

Edited July 20, 20232 yr by NextG

All the republic leaders as well as Putin are war criminals for continuing this war on Ukraine.

  After all this time they cannot keep saying lies about this being some kind of special operation.

   All Russians should hang their heads in shame. In my opinion. There is nothing patriotic about this

war.

17 hours ago, Jenkins9039 said:

in addition the US has recalled it's VET's for deployment to Europe, same in the UK.

No, vets are not beng recalled for deployment. Time to get back on RT network and find some other fake news to throw  up against the wall in hopes of it sticking.
Good luck.

 
 

8 hours ago, The Old Bull said:

 They blew up his bridge ,no wonder he is pissed. What did they expect?

 

Supply lines to a military force occupying Ukraine's territory are legitimate targets.  Storage facilities and docks used to export food are not.

Off topic deflection post removed.

A clever response from Ukraine - any ship in the black sea heading to Russian or Crimean ports to be considered as supporting the Russian war efforts and therefore legitimate targets.

Whether they take direct action or not, this will surely make shipments to the region uninsurable.

 

 

23 hours ago, placeholder said:

Really, you got al link to a credible source to prove that? Or are you just confused? In fact

 

"At the Ramstein meeting, General Milley said that Ukraine’s allies have trained 17 combat brigades and 63,000 Ukrainian troops have been trained by Western allies. The US has trained 15,000 of that total, according to Milley."

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/19597

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3458135/biden-approves-mobilization-of-reserves-to-support-eucom/

On 7/20/2023 at 1:18 PM, Tarteso said:

B#st•rds

Correction:

 

B#Zt•rdZ

20 hours ago, Tug said:

Guess it’s time to use nato flagged ships for grain shipments ehh?im not in the least bit surprised putin is doing this he allready sends his mercenary’s out to destabilize and loot unstable countries.

Well I presume NATO is too chicken to do that. Also, would that work? 

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Well I presume NATO is too chicken to do that. Also, would that work? 

Niet 

1 hour ago, Jenkins9039 said:

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3458135/biden-approves-mobilization-of-reserves-to-support-eucom/

No support whatsoever of your earlier post. You yourself would have realised that if you had posted 3 sentences of your link.

1 hour ago, Jenkins9039 said:

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3458135/biden-approves-mobilization-of-reserves-to-support-eucom/

What has your reply got to do with your false claim that "Not exactly true, there's 63,000 western troops amassing to enter the war under 17 brigades,..."