2023-08-13 18:47:54
Los Russian military stopped and searched a freighter headed for the Ukrainian port of Izmailon the Danube, after the ship will refuse to comply with the order of Inspection.
According to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, the ship was sailing under the flag of Palaos. After the freighter’s captain refused to stop the ship for an inspection, the Russian military opened fire into the air and boarded the ship to register your cargo.
After the inspection is complete, the freighter continued its course.
“The patrol boats of the Russian Black Sea Fleet continue their work in the corresponding areas,” the statement concluded.
Russia warned on July 19, two days after leaving the grain agreement, that it will consider all ships heading to Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea potential carriers of military cargo and therefore, potential war targets.
Since Moscow suspended the cereal export agreement, which allowed it to operate in three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, Izmail, a river port on the Danube River, almost 100 kilometers from the sea but suitable for large cargo ships, has become the gateway Ukraine’s largest business.
kyiv accused Russia on August 2 of bombing a grain silo in Izmail and destroy tens of tons of grain.
Russia, in turn, has expressed on several occasions their willingness to return to the grain deal once the “Russian side” of the deal is fulfilledreferring to Russian food and fertilizer exports.
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