Posted on 05/24/2022 11:50:36 PM PDT by blam
The United Kingdom supports a proposal by Lithuania to recruit an international fleet of naval warships to break the Russian blockade of Ukraine which is preventing the export of huge amounts of grain to the rest of the world.
Millions of tons of grain are stuck inside Ukraine and without it, levels of world hunger are considered highly likely to rise and may even trigger another migrant crisis. Such is the background to the suggestion by Lithuania that a so-called “coalition of the willing” of warships outside the structures of NATO,/B> could work together on getting food out of Ukraine’s seaports.
The remarks of Lithuanian foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, proposing the plan to build a naval coalition were reported Monday by The Guardian, which recorded him as saying: “Time is very very short. We are closing in on a new harvest and there is no other practical way of exporting the grain except through the Black Sea port of Odesa… There is no way of storing this grain and no other adequate alternative route.”
Global Food Crisis: Shortages Pose ‘Apocalyptic’ Threat to UK Citizenshttps://t.co/b7rm419aTJ
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 17, 2022
Landsbergis continued: “[foreign powers could] provide ships or planes that would be stationed in the Black Sea and provide maritime passage for the grain ships to leave Odesa’s port”.
While Landsbergis insists this wouldn’t have to be a military mission, ultimately minesweeping and providing a missile defence screen to merchant ships is a military task.
The Royal Navy could be one force that contributes to challenging Russia in the Black Sea, according to reports.
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Are we certain it is Russia blocking the ports or is this some sort of propaganda
Did anyone mention that Russia said multiple times that commercial traffic in and out of Odessa is allowed?
Someone is trying to take credit for solving a problem that doesn’t exist.
Not to mention that the grain is removed from Ukraine now at record pace through the Gurguleshti port in Moldova which is not awfully farther from where the wheat is produced compared to Odessa.
As far as I know Turkey controls the Bosporus and is blocking all war ships from entering Black Sea. The current situation.
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Under the 1936 accord, Turkey has control over the Bosphorus and Dardanelles and the power to regulate the transit of naval warships. It also guarantees the free passage of civilian vessels in peacetime and restricts the passage of ships not belonging to countries bordering the Black Sea.
See answer #3. The problem for the commercial shipping is a bunch of mines the Ukrainian floated against the Russian ships.
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Get offa that crack pipe. Russia is blocking Ukie grain shipments out of Odessa. They need to be shamed and blamed on this.
How do you know? Is CNN told you so?
Try again dufus. I cut cable TV 5 years ago.
Then you are probably speaking with the mirror. What are the signs of Russian blockade? Do you know that in Mariupol the Russian Navy liberated dozens of foreign ships with crews held hostage by the Ukrainian military? Your sources probably do not report it.
Let’s party.
It’s very difficult to know what to believe. Each side of the prism (USA included) has it’s own agenda.
There are a lot of Dogs in this fight, a fight that has been mostly economic and rhetorical for us here.
Are you sure you had your cable off?
If I were the Royal Navy I wouldn’t like to be anywhere near Black Sea after all what happened. I think Turkey is going to save limey bastard the embarrassment and won;t let them in.
i want the $40 billion back that should have gone to the border wall instead of these losers.
Very good question. I’ve heard that the Russians have said they would allow things like grain out of the country. I really don’t trust anything official from this disaster.
This is from a Russian source:
Not only Russia is not blocking the ports, which are in fact blocked by the Ukrainian mines, these ports aren’t really necessary for grain export.
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