According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on November 1, Russia's first deputy representative to the United Nations pointed out that Western diplomats cannot prove that Kiev was not involved in the ship attack on Black Sea Fleet , and the Western delegation only blamed Russia entirely on the overall situation. This also proves that the previous remarks of the Western delegation were not convincing about the attack on the Black Sea Fleet.
According to Global Network citing TASS reports that in the early morning of October 29 local time, the Sevastopol military port, the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was attacked by the Ukrainian army. The attack started at 4:30 am on the 29th and lasted for several hours. This was the largest attack in the Crimea area since the outbreak of the special military operation on February 24.
According to Russian media reports, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that due to the attack on the Ukrainian drone , the sea minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet suffered minor damage. In the process of repelling the terrorist attack, the Black Sea Fleet used naval weapons and naval aviation to destroy 4 drones, and the internal facilities of the port destroyed 3 water drones. The report also said that the Ukrainian army used 16 drones to participate in the attack this time, and all the aerial targets were destroyed.
However, these news is somewhat different from Ukraine's statement. Associated Press report said that Ukrainian Interior Minister Anton Glashchenko said that the attack by the Ukrainian army caused an explosion of an frigate , a missile boat that can carry the cruise missile and an landing ship .
Although from a military perspective, the Ukrainian army's attack did not have much results, the political consequences it brought made the outside world very worried. This once again angered Russia. Shortly after the attack on the Sevastopol military port, Russia issued a statement on October 29 that Russia will suspend the transport of food from Ukrainian ports indefinitely due to "terrorist attacks" in local waters.
Russian Ministry of Defense also issued a statement saying that on October 29, the Kiev regime, with the participation of British experts, carried out terrorist attacks on Black Sea Fleet ships and civilian ships that ensure the security of "food access", and Russia will suspend the implementation of the agreement with Ukrainian ports to transport agricultural products. This also means that the "grain channel" of Ukraine's food export to foreign countries established by many United Nations several months ago is in danger, and this "Black Sea Food Transport Agreement" is likely to be stopped forever. Once the news of
was released, the entire Western countries was instantly uneasy. Subsequently, Western public opinion began to accuse Russia of blocking the Black Sea coast of Ukraine. They believed that this would lead to a significant reduction in food exports, which would lead to the global risk of food shortages, and many developing countries in will also go hungry. EU also issued a statement on this, to warn Russia not to take unilateral actions that may endanger the cereal agreement. Ukraine also hopes that the United Nations can respond to the statement, and a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said that the United Nations will hold detailed negotiations with Russia.
The first deputy representative of Russia to the United Nations also responded to this negotiation. He said that the Western delegation only blamed Russia all its mistakes, and they did not hear the direct refutation of the Western delegation's direct refutation of the attack on the Black Sea Fleet. This also shows that the West has no reason to stop Russia from suspending food transportation. However, Russia considers the food issues in some developing countries, the Russian Minister of Agriculture said that Russia will prepare 500,000 tons of free food to provide poor countries in the next four months.
Many experts point out that many developing countries have low agricultural levels and are very dependent on food such as wheat from Ukraine. However, Russia stopped implementing the agreement due to the attack on the Black Sea Fleet. This will cause unsafe wheat exports, and will also cause wheat exports to decline and prices to soar. These possible food crises will lead to internal unrest.
Although Western countries have been actively reconciling this matter in order to avoid being affected by their own countries, there has been no consensus so far. But in essence, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on Russia. If the Ukrainian army did not attack the Black Sea Fleet, there would be no such thing as stopping food transportation. I hope that the United States and Western countries can recognize this. If the conflict between Russia and Ukraine lasts longer, the more losses the entire Europe will suffer.
