Posted on 06/09/2022 11:04:56 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine said Wednesday it would not demine waters around the Black Sea port of Odessa to allow for grain to be exported, citing the threat of Russian attacks on the city.
“The moment we clear access to the port of Odessa, the Russian fleet will be there,” spokesman for the regional administration Sergiy Bratchuk said in a video statement on social media.
He said that Russia “dreams of parachuting troops” into the city and that Moscow’s army “wants to attack” Odessa.
The Turkish and Russian foreign ministers were meeting in Ankara Wednesday to discuss the creation of security corridor to ship Ukrainian grain stuck in the war-torn country’s ports due to a Russian blockade.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was ready to facilitate the safe passage of Ukrainian grain.
Bratchuk said before the announcement that any exports from Odessa must be escorted “by NATO countries”.
Turkey has offered its services to accompany maritime convoys from Ukrainian ports.
Ukraine before the war was the world’s fourth largest exporter of wheat and supplied half of the world’s trade in sunflower seeds and oil.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned this week that the amount of grain blocked by the war could triple within several months.
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LOL!!!!
You can’t blame Ukraine for not trusting “We have no intention of invading” Russia.
Looks like it’s time for the NATO fleet to provide a military escort.
If Russia doesn’t like it, then I guess we will have to honor our commitment to protect Ukraine territorial boundaries.
They’re starting to get exceedingly upset at the West hasn’t been keeping his promises they made on the sly when they built these biological Laboratories, promised NATO entry and all the other lies the western governments told people in Ukraine
Don't get in the middle.
Meanwhile Nato member Turkey prepares to invade a sovereign country. Nato is the NWO army.
How bout protecting Syrian territorial boundaries from bandit Nato member Turkey and it’s al qaeda allies in Syria. Very typical of the U.S to throw Kurds under the bus. I hope Turkey gives Russia an excuse to pound the Turks back to the stone age where they belong
If the Russians go home all this ends.
All that’s left would be for Putin to pay for all the damage he caused.
About ten years of all Russian oil, gas, and mineral revenues should about do it.
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About ten years of all Russian oil, gas, and mineral revenues should about do it.
If wishes were horses, zElenskyy's immobile armored vehicles and military transports would have something to move them.
Darth Pootie is going to change the deal further, methinks.
You’re right. Make it 20 years.
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Hundreds of millions.
Guess with all of those mines in the harbor, future "financial aid" won't be delivered by ship - they'll have to send railroad cars full of cash instead. I'm sure the D@mocrats figured out the logistics when they were delivering pallets of US cash to the Iranians.
;>)
Hundreds of millions.
Silent Spring killed more people than all the wars combined in the 20th Century and the legacy lives on...still killing millions in the 21st Century.
Ha, ha. Ukraine will clear the mines when ready.
That's the crux of it. Russia's word is completely worthless. They will say whatever gives them an advantage in the moment. Establish a safe corridor clear of mines to move grain, and the Russians will use that as cover for an amphibious attack on the port. That's also the problem with any ceasefire as well. They'll abide only by the terms that benefit them, the rest will only until they feel ready to gobble up the rest of the country.
The entire story is a nothing burger and a failed attempt at anti-Russian propaganda.
First, Ukraine never disputed that it mined ports to deny Russian access.
The story of “Russian mines” appeared when many of them floated all around the Black Sea.
You know, it’s a bad thing and according to the media only the Russians are doing bad things.
Regarding the wheat export, there is a Moldovan port of Gurguleshti just 100+ miles away. It makes little difference for farmers to which port to take the wheat. It is actually exported in record numbers as we speak.
NATO should start bombing them into submission.
Ukraine Belatedly Admits ‘Heavy Casualty Rate’ In Appeal For More Weapons From West
Ukraine’s government has thus far kept its military death toll a tightly guarded secret, now four months into the conflict, even as heavy international scrutiny has focused on Russian losses amid prior widespread speculation and assertions that Russia was “losing”.
However, there’s been a noticeable shift in Western media and among the national security pundit class over the past weeks as Russian forces begin to solidify hold over nearly all the Donbas, and as the final Luhansk holdout city of Severodonetsk’s fall looks imminent.
After seeking to hide or downplay information which could give the appearance of sever Ukrainian losses and battlefield setbacks, it seems taking daily average casualties public is geared toward getting more arms from the West.
“Everything now depends on what [the west] gives us,” he told The Guardian. “Ukraine has one artillery piece to 10 to 15 Russian artillery pieces. Our western partners have given us about 10% of what they have.” In appealing for Kiev’s Western backers to send more, particularly the United States, even after billions spent on military aid, he stressed that the military is fast running out of munitions:
“We have almost used up all of our [artillery] ammunition and are now using 155-calibre Nato standard shells,” he said of the ammunition that is fired from artillery pieces.
“Europe is also delivering lower-calibre shells but as Europe runs out, the amount is getting smaller.”
Fifty-three billion and they want more, more, more.
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