This also signals that your scumbag Russian friends have given up on blockading Odessa.
Because they can’t.
That sanction thing? It’s over. I understand the Russians will pay the Zelenskites minimum wage with a promise of naturalization if they behave.
“This also signals that your scumbag Russian friends have given up on blockading Odessa.”
There was worldwide revulsion at the Rus blockade of food to hungry nations. Putin had to yield to the pressure. Putin cares about his image, same as Hitler did. No tyrant exists in a vacuum. They all want to be loved and/or feared.
That’s right. With the latest anti-ship missiles and Russian naval losses, they can’t afford anymore ship losses.
Between sinking Russia’s biggest ship on the Black Sea, and retaking Snake Island, Ukraine stopped Russias attemmpt to seize Odessa. Russia was probably getting a lot of negative press from starving third world countries about its cruel decision sequestering Ukraine’s grain stores. Here us Al Jazeera’s report on this newly signed grain export accord:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/22/the-grain-export-deal-what-to-know