It is reported that last week, the Russian naval base in Sevastopol was attacked by a large number of drones , causing damage to Russian ships and port infrastructure; after the incident, the Russian side announced an unexpected decision: the Black Sea "Food Corridor" that had just been in operation for three months was closed indefinitely, marking that the only agreement reached between the two sides after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been stopped. Russia said the Ukrainian attack was behind the British and accused drones of taking off from Ukraine's "grain transport ship", which would close the passage according to previous non-military agreements.
Previously, under the coordination of Turkish President Erdogan, Russia and Ukraine's "Black Sea Food Channel" began to open. According to the agreement, the Russian Navy no longer launched an attack on Ukrainian merchant ships passing through this sea area, but the premise is that the grain ship cannot be used for military purposes. The United Nations also highly praised the agreement and believed that it was a key measure to alleviate the global food crisis and help the world's poorest countries avoid hunger. Previously, due to the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, food price crises occurred in many poor areas around the world, and a large amount of food exported by Ukraine will be very effective in alleviating this situation.
31, Russian President Putin officially announced at the meeting that they would suspend the implementation of the agreement, not completely withdrawal, and the result was not only one reason for the attack on the port. He said that Russia allowed Ukrainian grain ships to help poor countries, but most of the Ukrainian agricultural products exported under the agreement were not sent to poor countries, but appeared elsewhere. Putin also released a set of data: 34% of this part of the released food entered the Turkish market, 35% or even more were taken away by EU countries, and less than 5% were sent to the market of poor countries, so the goal of the agreement was not achieved at all.
So in other words, the Black Sea passage used in the original agreement to "relief poor countries" was actually used to relieve Europe. The key reason for large-scale price inflation in Europe was that food was not fully imported, and the rise in prices of all foods led to higher prices in other areas. Now they "intercepted" cheap exports from Ukraine to grain subsidies for local market, which has also curbed the upward trend of CPI to a certain extent. After Putin interrupted the channel this time, Ukraine's autumn harvest of grain cannot be imported by European countries, which will inevitably lead to a new round of price increases, and everything is linked.
Also worth mentioning is that this time, Russia also named their "partner country" Türkiye, which surprised the Western media. Previously, foreign media reported that Turkey used its geographical location to deduct one-third of the grain for sale, earning a lot of "extra money". Many grain transport ships are about to sell the grain to them and are not sent to the scheduled African region. But now Russia and Türkiye have good relations, and the two sides are planning to open a natural gas pipeline with "Turkey Creek", so I don't know why Putin accused Turkish of "take away food." There is a comment on this: "The Black Sea Port incident is just a fuse. In fact, Russia has long been dissatisfied with the EU and Ukraine, and it will be a matter of time before closing the channel. From the perspective of food destinations, Ukraine has never thought about ease the global food crisis. Everything has been planned long ago - Ukraine sends food to Europe in exchange for weapons and aid to attack the Russian army."
