The first ships from Ukraine may set sail in days under a deal agreed on Friday, the United Nations said, despite a Russian air strike on the weekend against the Ukrainian port of Odesa.
President Vladimir Putin warned the West earlier this month that sanctions risked triggering huge global energy price rises. The Kremlin says the gas disruption is the result of maintenance issues and Western sanctions, while the European Union has accused Russia of energy blackmail.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that the Kremlin was waging an “open gas war” against Europe.
Moscow brushed aside concerns the deal could be derailed by a Russian attack on Odesa on Saturday, saying it targeted only military infrastructure. Russia’s Black Sea fleet has blocked grain exports from Ukraine since Moscow’s February 24 invasion. Moscow blames Western sanctions for slowing its food and fertiliser exports and Ukraine for mining the approaches to its ports.A Ukrainian government official said he hoped the first grain shipment could be made from Chornomorsk this week, with shipments from other ports within two weeks.
The Kremlin also said the United Nations must ensure curbs on Russian fertiliser and other exports were lifted for the grain deal to work.The Kremlin says it is engaged in a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine. Both Kyiv and Western nations say the war is an unprovoked act of aggression.
Putin ke bosso
Gcina Putin, let the evil imperialist fall
Putin is dealing with those witches from Europe
Great job, they're punishing the West on or behalf!!!!
The problem with the word 'cut' is that it could mean more than one thing. It could mean no more, or it could mean reduce 🥺
lol and theres nothing EU can do about it but ask nicely😂😂how the mighty have fallen....I just hope Africa for once they will open their eyes and see an opportunity in China and Russia