Russia suspends its participation in the Ukrainian grain export agreement

Russia suspended on Saturday its participation in the agreement that allows cereals to be exported from Ukrainian ports, essential for world food security, after denouncing an attack on its ships in crimea and attribute it to Ukraine Y United Kingdom.

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Russia discontinued its participation in the pact due to the “terrorist action of the kyiv regime with the participation of British experts against the Black Sea fleet and against civilian ships that provide security to grain brokers”indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense on Telegram.

The authorities of the peninsula of crimeaannexed by Russia in 2014, announced early Saturday that ships of the Russian fleet of the Black Sea had repelled a drone attack in the bay of Sevastopol and that all artifacts had been knocked down.

According to the Russian authorities, the attack targeted the ships in charge of guarantee the security of ‘grain broker’established after the agreement between Kyiv and Moscow in July.

The pact, sealed with the mediation of United Nations and Turkey, allowed to export millions of tons of grain blocked in Ukrainian ports since the beginning of the Russian offensive in Ukraineon February 24.

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The blockade triggered the price of food around the world and caused fear of famine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kulebadenounced that Moscow used “a false pretext” and urged the international community to “require that Russia end your hunger games and recommit to your obligations.”

The UN considered “vital that all parties refrain from any action that could jeopardize” an agreement that had a “positive impact” in the distribution of food on the planet.

Turkey He indicated for his part that until now he had not been “officially notified” of suspension.

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drone attack

According to the Russian authorities, the attack in crimealogistical rear base for the offensive in Ukraine, involved “nine unmanned aerial vehicles and seven autonomous maritime drones.”

“The preparation of this terrorist act and the training of military personnel of the 73rd Ukrainian center of special maritime operations was carried out by British specialists based on Ochakovin the region of Mikolaivin Ukraine”, assured the Russian Ministry of Defense on Telegram.

The UK Ministry of Defense has rejected these accusations, saying that all Moscow is looking for is “divert attention from his disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine”, through “the spread of false claims of epic dimension”.

The Russian army also accused the United Kingdom of being implicated in the explosions that caused leaks in the gas pipelines in September Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Baltic Seabuilt to transport Russian gas to Europe.

The spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharovanoted that Moscow I would bring that issue as well as the drone strike issue to the UN Security Council.

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multiple attacks

The attacks against crimea have multiplied in recent weeks, parallel to the advance of a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the direction of the city of Khersonclose to the peninsula.

The Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvokhayev reported on Thursday that the thermal plant of Balaclava was hit by a drone attack.

In August, the Russian authorities had denounced two attacks against its fleet, based in that city.

On July 31, a drone landed in the courtyard of the Fleet Staffinjuring five employees and causing the cancellation of all the celebrations planned for the Russian Fleet Day.

And at the beginning of October, the bridge of crimeaa key infrastructure that connects the peninsula with Russiaopened in 2018 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was damaged by a truck bomb explosion.

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On the ground, the Ukrainian army reported fighting in the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk (east) and especially near Bakhmut, the only area where Russian troops have made progress in recent weeks.

The pro-Russian separatists fighting alongside the troops of Moscow They announced a new exchange of prisoners with kyiv, fifty on each side.

On the southern front, AFP journalists reported artillery battles in the area of Kobzartsythe last town on the Ukrainian side before the line of contact with the Russians.

Ukrainian and Russian forces prepare for the battle of Khersonthe regional capital, where the occupation authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of civilians, in a move described as “deportation by Ukraine”.

Source: Elcomercio

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