Vereshchuk urged Erdogan to respond to the strike on Odessa/Photo 24 channel
No sooner had we signed an agreement on the safe export of Ukrainian grain than Russia had already violated it. On the morning of July 23, it fired rockets at the port of Odessa, where grain was stored.
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Vice Prime Minister – Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk reacted to this. According to her, Putin demonstrates to the UN Secretary General, the President of Turkey and the entire civilized world what their agreements are, Channel 24 informs.
These are paltry agreements that will never be honored unless Russia wants it to be done, which is a terrorist state. The reaction of the UN, in particular, Secretary General Gutteres, is already there, but it must be followed by concrete actions. If not, then this will encourage Putin to think that he can continue world terror,” Vereshchuk said.
She stressed that this is terror against the civilian and civilized world, because this is a famine that threatens the peoples of Africa.
Note! Ukraine has signed an agreement with the UN and Turkey to unblock ports for the export of grain. Russia also signed an agreement with the UN and Turkey. At the same time, no treaties were signed between Ukraine and Turkey.
Russia understands strength
Vereshchuk believes that Putin demonstrates Recep Erdogan as the leader of his nation and super leader because Turkey is a mediator in the export agreement, is it okay to ask questions.
“He just spat in his face. Now let's look at Erdogan's reaction. If there is no reaction, then the world and civilization will lose, and the dictatorship and the criminal who calls himself the president of Russia will win. I think that Erdogan could bring in his warships as a guarantor of these agreements,” Vereshchuk said.
She is convinced that it is necessary to react quite harshly.
“Russia understands only strength. It understands when sanctions beat it and make it painful. It realizes that weakness lies precisely in this when we remain silent. But we are not silent, we pay with the lives of civilians,” the minister stressed.
The world's reaction to the attack on the port of Odessa
- UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned Russian attacks on the port of Odessa, where there was grain for export. He noted that the parties clearly committed themselves on the world stage to ensure the safe movement of Ukrainian grain and related products to world markets. Full compliance by Russia, Ukraine and Turkey is mandatory.
- Also, after Russia's strikes on Odessa, Paul Massaro, senior adviser to the US Congress, called for long-range missiles to be provided to Ukraine. He is very angry and shocked by what Russia is doing. I am convinced that we need to get rid of this amazing obsession with “escalation” and “World War III”.
- British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons also noted after the strike that less than 24 hours had passed when Russia had already violated its signing same agreement. And the European Union strongly condemned the rocket attacks on the port.
