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A ‘DEEP WORRIED’ ABOUT THE SUSPENSION OF THE AGREEMENT
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is “very worried” since the Russian suspension of the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports to the Black Sea.
Antonio Guterres took part this Sunday in “intense consultations “ so that Russia reconsider its decision, because according to him this agreement is vital for the world food supply.
FOR kiev, MOSCOW USES A “FALSE CLAIM”
Ukraine denounces this Sunday a “false claims” invoked by Russia to block grain exports. The Russian military withdrew from the agreement on maritime delivery of resources after a drone strike against the Russian fleet in Crimea.
Moscow says this attack was carried out using aerial and marine drones that hit at least one Russian military ship in the Sevastopol Bay. The shots would hit a safe area dedicated to the transport of Ukrainian cereals. Russia claimed to have recovered the debris from the machines and analyzed it.
ATTACK IN CRIMEA
For Moscow, the drones that attacked in the Crimea took the safe corridor dedicated to the transport of cereals. Russia also indicates that the drones had “navigation modules made in Canada”.
“IMPOSSIBLE” EXPORTS.
Grain exports from Ukrainian ports are “impossible” due to the Russian blockade, says Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov. According to him, on Sunday a ship loaded with 40 tons of grain was supposed to leave Ukraine for Ethiopia, “but due to Russia’s blockade of the grain corridor, exports are impossible.”
FRANCE DEFENDS THE UNITED KINGDOM
France defends the UK, accused by Russia of being involved in the attacks on Nord Stream. “The allegations made by Russia against the UK are unsupported by hard evidence and are completely unsubstantiated,” the Foreign Office said.
“They constitute a clear new illustration of the Russian strategy aimed at masking reality and multiplying outrageous accusations to divert attention from the sole responsibility that is his in the war of aggression he is waging against Ukraine”, continues French diplomacy.
EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union “urges Russia to reconsider its decision” to suspend the agreement on grain exports from Ukrainian ports, vital for the world’s food supply, European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday.
This decision “jeopardizes the main export route of cereals and fertilizers needed to respond to the world food crisis caused by the war” in Ukraine, he insisted.
SITUATION UPDATE
According to Russia, its ships were attacked Saturday morning by drones. In response, Moscow announced that it would suspend the grain export agreement. Update on the last 24 hours in Ukraine.
UKRAINIAN CEREALS
No movement of Ukrainian grain merchant ships in the Black Sea has been validated for Sunday, announced the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) responsible for overseeing the international agreement signed last summer. “A joint agreement was not reached at the JCC regarding the outbound and inbound movements of merchant ships on October 30,” the Center said in a statement released overnight after Moscow suspended its participation in the agreement signed on July 22 in Istanbul, citing a drone attack on its ships.
The JCC, which brings together delegates from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN in Istanbul, says it was informed by Russia of its “concerns about the safety of merchant ships” and passed them on to the Turkish and Ukrainian delegations.
AGREEMENT ON CEREALS
US President Joe Biden called Russia’s decision to suspend the agreement on grain exports from Ukrainian ports, vital for the world’s food supply, “scandalous”. “It’s just outrageous. There was no reason for them to do it,” he told reporters after early voting in the midterm election in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. (is).
Russia announced on Saturday that it would suspend its participation in this deal following a drone strike that targeted the Russian Black Sea fleet stationed in the Sevastopol Bay in annexed Crimea on Saturday morning.
Hello and welcome to TF1info to follow the news on the war in Ukraine this Sunday, October 30, 2022.
