Russia manipulates Black Sea port blocking/Channel 24 Collage
Russia is using food security to achieve its own goals, manipulating facts to blame the West for its failures.
The military intelligence of Great Britain convicted Russia of manipulating facts on the example of the blockade of the seaports of Ukraine.
What happened
The speech is that on May 25 the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia was ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for ships transporting food across the Black Sea in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. He also urged Ukraine to clear mines around the port of Odessa to allow the passage of ships.
The request to Ukraine for demining is in line with the main principle of the modern Russian negotiation strategy: the introduction of alternative narratives, even unconvincing ones, in order to complicate the understanding of the audience, the intelligence report says.
Russia is manipulating, allegedly not to blame for the blockade
British intelligence reminded that Ukraine was forced to use naval mines due to the threat of Russian landing attacks from the Black Sea.
Russia is ready to use global food security for its own political purposes, and then blame the West for the problems, the British stressed.
In addition, intelligence concluded that Russia's attempts to reduce the severity of international sanctions highlights the damage that they hurt the regime.
Russia blocks Ukrainian ports: the main thing in a nutshell
- The fate of the harvest in the summer of 2022 depends on the actions of Russia. The invaders continue to block our ports and steal grain. It is known that the Russian invaders took at least 100,000 tons of grain from the Luhansk region to the temporarily occupied Crimea.
- The EU announced that they would help our state with the export of grain. For this, “corridors of solidarity” will be created. In particular, in order to prevent a food crisis, the United States is also helping Ukraine with exports.
- Ukraine is also actively cooperating with Poland. In addition, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Turkish President Recep Erdogan promised to help unblock grain supplies from Ukraine.
- In particular, the American edition of Reuters reported, citing its sources, that Turkey is already negotiations with Ukraine and Russia. Their theme is the opening of corridors for the export of Ukrainian grain through the Bosphorus.
- Ukraine offers a diplomatic way to solve the blockade of Ukrainian ports. However, the military path is also being considered. Therefore, the government continues to turn to partners with relevant requests for weapons.
