“Ukraine must guarantee that there will be no threat to the safety of merchant ships,” Putin told a news conference, accusing Kyiv of using the designated runway for the attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called on Ukraine to guarantee the safety of navigation in the Black Sea “humanitarian corridor” set out in the grain export agreement, underscoring the existence of a “threat” after Saturday’s attack on the Russian fleet in Crimea.
“Ukraine must guarantee that there will be no threat to the safety of merchant ships,” Putin told a news conference, accusing Kyiv of using the designated runway for the attack. In this way, he wanted to justify the suspension of Moscow’s participation in the grain export agreement, clarifying that it has not withdrawn from it.
“This attack was launched by Ukraine against the ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet (…) They endangered our warships and merchant ships,” the Kremlin strongman said.
Moscow accuses Kyiv of launching an air and sea attack, using drones, against the Russian fleet in Sevastopol Bay in annexed Crimea. At the same time, he claims that the operation was planned with the support of the British.
For its part, Kyiv complains that these are “false pretexts” in order for Moscow to justify the suspension of its participation in the agreement, while London denies any involvement in the attack against the Russian fleet in Crimea.
The July 22 agreement had allowed the resumption of grain exports from Ukrainian ports, which had been halted by the Russian invasion on February 24.
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