Finally smoked white, the first eight foreign ships have arrived in the ports of Ukraine to export agricultural products, while the Ukrainian Navy will ensure safe transport. "At the request of the Ministry of Infrastructure, naval units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces guarantee the transport of agricultural products by civilian ships through the Bystre entrance of the Danube-Black Sea canal" the Navy announced on Facebook, as Ukrinform reports. The use of the channel thanks to the socket of the Isle of Snakes , a favorable condition that allows the Ukrainian military forces to have a tactical advantage over the Russian Navy.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyp Erdogan worked on the implementation of the UN plan to unblock exports, through mediation, speaking on the phone with both Putin and Zelensky: "It's time to open the corridors across the Black Sea", the Turkish president asked the Russian leader. The Kremlin had limited itself to reporting that there was an exchange of views, adding that the two heads of state will meet "shortly".
Turbine issue of the Nordstream pipeline 1
"The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to convene the representative of Canada in our country due to an absolutely unacceptable exception to the regime of sanctions against Russia ”. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening speech.
“The decision on the exception to sanctions will be perceived in Moscow exclusively as a manifestation of weakness. This is their logic. And now, there is no doubt that Russia will try not only to limit as much as possible, but to completely shut down the gas supply to Europe at the most acute moment "Zelensky added.
"This is what we have to prepare for now, this is what is being caused now - he added -. Because any concession under such conditions is perceived by the Russian leadership as an incentive for further, stronger pressure. Of course, this decision on a turbine, which brings many other problems, can still be revised. Russia has never respected the rules in the energy sector and will not play now unless it sees the force".
The European Union replied immediately: "The EU sanctions do not apply to goods or technology related to the transport of gas". This was stated by a spokesman for the EU Commission commenting on the Canadian government's decision to return the turbines used in Nord Stream 1 and blocked in Canada after maintenance. The agreement now provides for the turbines to be sent to Germany.
The spokesman stressed that the blockade of the turbines "was one of the excuses" used by Russia to "reduce gas deliveries".
Odessa under attack
Meanwhile, a new Russian missile attack was launched in the evening in the region of Odessa as announced by the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Maxim Marchenko. “Fortunately there were no casualties", Specified the same source. The official recalled that throughout the day Russian warplanes in the Black Sea area fired missiles against Odessa, one of which hit a private home, while others damaged infrastructure, including that of the port. Marchenko pointed out that the invaders aimed at civilian objects. In the morning, Russian forces launched a missile attack in the same region. Russian troops do not allow themselves any breaks in bombing the Ukraine, from Donbass to Kharkiv to the Black Sea.
Meantime Zelensky he received a visit from the Dutch premier in Kiev Mark Rutte, which has promised new long-range artillery systems and aid for 200 million euros, and has appealed to Western partners: "Even if the war lasts longer than expected, we will have to continue to support Ukraine in every way."