In this case you can read about: At the end of July this year, Ukraine and Russia, after mediation assistance from the UN, signed an agreement with Turkey on the export of grain. The agreement involved, among other things, the resumption of grain exports from three Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea. It eased the pressure on the global food market. The agreement has made it possible to export more than 9 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, mainly to the third world. It has mitigated some of the global food crisis that has arisen as a result of the war, although uncertainty about the future of the agreement has led to food prices rising again. Russia will now withdraw from the grain agreement, after the attack on Crimea on Saturday morning. According to Reuters, the UN is aware that Russia has suspended the grain agreement. A spokesperson from the UN is to be in contact with the Russian authorities, according to the news agency. – It is important that all parties refrain from any action that would jeopardize the grain agreement, which is a critical humanitarian effort that clearly has a positive impact on access to food for millions of people around the world, says Stephane Dujarric, who is the spokesperson for the UN. According to Tass, Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev says that Russia, with assistance from Turkey, is instead ready to export up to 500,000 tonnes of grain to poor countries over the next four months. This video will show the drone attack against the port of Sevastapol. A ship and two smaller vessels were damaged after the attack, claims the Russian Ministry of Defense after drone attacks in the morning hours. Russia blames Ukraine for the attack on the port of Sevastopol, and claims the British helped them. The Russian governor, Mikhail Razvozjayev, refers to the drone attack as the “most massive” against Crimea since the war began. Screenshot from one of the drones that allegedly attacked a Russian naval vessel off Crimea. Photo: Twitter Sevastopol is the base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the occupied Crimean peninsula. The base is used for attacks in southern Ukraine. According to the governor, the attacks should have started a little before five o’clock this morning and continued for several hours. Confirms that military vessels have been hit A naval minesweeper is among the vessels that have been damaged, according to the Russian side. – No facilities in the city have been hit. The situation is under control, claims Governor Razvozjajev in social media. Photo: screenshot from Twitter An adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, Anton Herashchenko, claims that his sources say that several Russian warships have gone up in the air, including a frigate and a landing craft. It is unclear how extensive the damage is. Ståle Ulriksen, who is a researcher at the Norwegian Naval Academy, believes it is too early to say anything about the consequences. – If ammunition stocks, fuel stocks or vessels are destroyed, it could be a severe blow to Russia. Especially because the Russians have used up large parts of their stocks of long-range missiles. – The Black Sea Fleet is a large military base with many capacities. There are frigates, corvettes, submarines that fire missiles at Ukraine, says Ulriksen to news. Ståle Ulriksen is a researcher at FHS Naval Academy. Photo: Naval Academy At the same time, there is a limit to how large a weapon a drone can carry. Ammunition is usually stored in bunkers, says Ulriksen, but a drone can still do a lot of damage if it starts a fire, which spreads. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that British specialists led the planning of the drone attack together with Ukraine. Russia has not provided any evidence for the accusations. Shortly afterwards, Britain rejected the Russian accusations. – To get the focus away from the disastrous handling of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is spreading false claims about Britain’s interference, the British Ministry of Defense replies. A British spokesman calls it “false claims on a grand scale”. The Russian frigate “Admiral Makarov” is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship is located in Sevastopol. Photo: PAVEL REBROV / Reuters The Russian Black Sea Fleet is a natural target for Ukraine in the ongoing war, but such attacks deep behind the front line require good intelligence. – Western countries, especially the USA and probably Great Britain, have provided Ukraine with important intelligence in the past, says researcher Ståle Ulriksen at the Norwegian Naval Academy. He believes that Great Britain is one of the most important supporters of Ukraine since it supplies a lot of weapons and trains Ukrainian forces. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow claims that the vessels that were the target of the drones were part of the UN agreement to ship grain out of Ukraine. It is unclear whether these vessels were hit. According to the Russian defense, they were attacked by nine drones in the air and seven remote-controlled surface vehicles. Pictures on social media, which are supposed to be from the port, show several fires. Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the incident. There are also no independent sources that can confirm what has happened at the Russian military base. INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND AEI’S CRITICAL THREATS PROJECT / news (Updated 26 October 2022)INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND AEI’S CRITICAL THREATS PROJECT / news (Updated 26 October 2022) There have been several attacks against the Russian-occupied The Crimean Peninsula in the past. Three weeks ago there were explosions on the bridge connecting Crimea with Russia. This summer there were explosions at a Russian airbase in Crimea. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says that the mobilization for the war in Ukraine is finished. Photo: MIKHAIL METZEL / AFP Defense Minister Sergej Sjojgu said yesterday that the task of mobilizing 300,000 reservists has been completed. Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin in a televised meeting that 82,000 reservists have already been sent to military units in Ukraine, while the rest are undergoing training. The average age of those mobilized is 35, according to Tass. No further mobilization is planned, according to the state news agency.
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