Posted on 06/08/2022 10:50:08 AM PDT by McGruff
Russia and Turkey voiced support Wednesday for a safe corridor in the Black Sea to allow Ukrainian grain exports, but Kyiv rejected the proposal, saying it was not credible. The European Union accused Moscow of “weaponizing” food supplies to gain an advantage in the war.
Russia also demanded that Ukraine remove mines from the Black Sea and both Moscow and Ankara said the West should ease sanctions on Moscow to allow the export of Russian grains amid an escalating world food crisis. While food exports are technically exempt from the sanctions, Russia claims that restrictions on its ships and banks make it impossible to deliver its grain to global markets.
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil
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So, the Ukraine is going to sabotage attempts to get the food flowing again.
So they'd rather have it rot than ship it??
“Russia claims that restrictions on its ships and banks make it impossible to deliver its grain to global markets”
Easy solution: go back to Russia and let Ukraine deliver its own grain.
So, the Ukraine produces about 11.5% of grain exports, world wide. From all the propaganda it sounded like they were producing all of it.
Propaganda everywhere.
Furthermore…
“Ukraine is still exporting grain crops via Romanian ports, which continue to operate normally, in particular, Constanta as reported by DW, (DW April 2022). It is predicted that 1.5million tons (mmt) of Ukrainian grain will be exported out of Romanian ports in May alone and it is anticipated that 3mmt can be exported in the near future. (Reuters May 2022), (Reuters 24 April 2022)
Although the throughput will not be the same level as Odessa for example. Even Lithuania has said that it can help to export Ukrainian grain through its railway network and ports. Additionally, the use of the Danube as a transportation waterway to EU ports is being done via barges from inland ports, along with proposals for the use of Adriatic ports, (HINA 24 May 2022)”
More details of truth
https://thesaker.is/grains-of-deceit/
Yes, but the situation was a good way to spread more “Give billions to the Ukraine” propaganda for a few days. On to the next one. No one will remember the last one.
This close Turk-Russian relationship is the real reason Turkey is blocking the Swedes and Finns from NATO.
Ukraine controls the port of Odessa. Why aren’t they shipping the grain out?
I’m not the Port Authority of Odessa, go ask them.
Russia is not complaining, but explaining. Ukrainian position puts lie to the claims that Russia is blocking their exports.
“Russia is not complaining, but explaining.”
Russia has done nothing but complain about the sanctions since they were first issued. Which will never succeed in lifting the sanctions.
Russia could just send their troops back home to Russia where they belong, and that would probably result in the sanctions being eased, but then Putin’s pride would be hurt, so he’s willing to make every Russian sacrifice instead.
This ship has long sailed. If the Ukrainians obeyed the Minsk agreements, Donbas and Lugansk could have been still theirs. Until the collapse of the Istanbul talks they had the chance to keep the rest. Now they’re quite out of options.
Even if Russia manages to hold on to Donbas and Lugansk, which is not a foregone conclusion by a long shot, it will be a pyrrhic victory that they will regret for a long, long time.
Of course it is not going to get limited to LDNR anymore. Nobody is going to let a hostile regime to stay on the Russian border anymore. And given the level of NATO involvement, it is going to be much more humiliating for NATO than Afghanistan.
Ukraine needs to commit to ensuring the free flow of fuel, fertilizer, and food.
That commitment includes removal of all mines.
All of the sanctions should be ended immediately.
That is, stolen Ukrainian grains.
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