12/13/2023 0 Comments Russian submarine bases![]() ![]() In Kyiv, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadym Prystaiko, after he criticized the president’s response to a row over British military aid. Kyiv has called on the UN and neighboring countries to secure safe passage for cargoes through joint patrols. Ukraine has previously said it would be ready to continue with grain exports from its southern ports following Moscow’s exit from the deal. Ukraine has also warned that from Friday it may consider vessels heading to Russian ports “as carrying military cargo, with all the associated risks.” The Kremlin said Wednesday it would consider cargo ships destined for Ukraine via the Black Sea potential military targets. Russia and China’s navies have also carried out a joint exercise in the Sea of Japan. ![]() Ships and fleet aviation had also “worked out actions to isolate the area temporarily closed to navigation, and also carried out a set of measures to detain the offending ship,” the ministry added. ![]() “The target ship was destroyed as a result of a missile strike,” the ministry said in a statement. In Moscow, the defense ministry said that a boat “carried out live firing of anti-ship cruise missiles at the target ship” in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Russian President Vladimir Putin this week vowed to exact revenge after a Ukrainian attack damaged a bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia and killed two people. UNESCO, the UN’s agency for science and culture, condemned the attacks on Odesa, saying that a preliminary assessment “revealed damage to several museums inside the World Heritage property.” “We are already seeing the negative effect on global wheat and corn prices which hurts everyone, but especially vulnerable people in the global south,” Guterres said in a statement. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the effect of such attacks went well beyond Ukraine. Moscow targeted local grain silos and “destroyed 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley,” Kiper said, adding two people were injured. “The Russians attacked Odesa with Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea,” said regional governor Oleg Kiper. Speaking to the UN Security Council, which Russia is a member, a senior representative for political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, said: “Threats to target civilian vessels in the Black Sea are unacceptable.”Īfter pulling out of a deal facilitating the safe shipment of grain from Ukraine, Russia has been targeting the Western-backed country’s grain supplies and vital infrastructure in its southern ports including Odesa and Mykolaiv. Moscow’s forces struck the Black Sea port of Odesa for a fourth night in a row, hitting grain silos, officials said. MOSCOW: The United Nations warned on Friday of escalating military action in the Black Sea, after Russia said its navy carried out a live fire exercise there having declared that ships traveling to Ukraine would be considered potential military targets. ![]()
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