After withdrawing from the grain deal with Ukraine, Russia lifted security guarantees for Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea and warned to only enter the “danger zone”. Now the Russian Black Sea Fleet has held a live ammunition exercise.
Warships and fighter jets were in action, practicing firing missiles at “swimming targets” in the Black Sea, the defense ministry said in Moscow on Friday. The units also practiced closing off areas at sea temporarily closed to shipping and detaining offending vessels.
According to its own statements, the Kremlin now considers all ships destined for Ukraine as “potential carriers of military equipment”. Ukraine, for its part, responded by announcing that from Friday it would consider all ships calling at Russian or Russian-occupied Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea as potential carriers of military cargo.
The shelling of Odessa continues
The Russian attacks on the port city of Odessa also continued on Friday night. “At daybreak, the Russians fired Kalibr missiles from a missile cruiser they sent to patrol the Black Sea at night,” military administration chief Oleh Kiper told Telegram on Friday. It was the fourth attack on the city this week. According to this information, the attacks again targeted granaries. At least two were reported injured. Odessa was one of the ports through which Ukraine shipped grain under the International Grain Agreement.
Source: Krone
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