An international Navy mission is needed to export grain from ports
To ensure the functioning of export corridors in the Black Sea with the use of Ukrainian grain exports of the necessary international naval force.
According to a Ukrinform correspondent, this was evidenced by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organizations in Vienna Yevhen Tsymbalyuk during the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday.
“Ukraine has expressed its position on seaports as clearly as possible: to protect the coastline of the necessary military equipment, and to patrol export routes in the Black Sea – naval missions,” he said.
The Ukrainian ambassador showed that, given Russia’s long-standing missile strike on a grain terminal in Mykolayiv, “Russia’s plans to use such a corridor to attack Odessa and southern Ukraine cannot be ruled out.”
According to him, Ukraine appreciates the requests of partners aimed at unblocking Ukrainian ports in order to export grain, but “we must be careful.” “Russia’s promises are always empty. How long have they promised not to attack Ukrainians?” Tsimbalyuk summed up.
On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. As a result of aggression, more than 20 million tons of grain intended for export have been blocked in Ukrainian ports. This is the cause of global hunger threatens almost half of the total volume of the UN World Food Program is Ukrainian.