Further navigation through the route is impossible because Kiev uses it for military operations against Russia, Moscow has said
FILE PHOTO. © Sputnik / Konstantin Mikhalchevsky
The Russian military closed the so-called “grain corridor” used to ship Ukrainian agriculture products through the Black Sea on Monday. The move was provoked by the actions of Ukraine, which used the route to launch attacks on Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Earlier, Moscow suspended its participation in the grain deal with Kiev, which was mediated by the UN and Türkiye in July. The decision was taken in the wake of a massive drone attack on the Russian naval base in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, which experienced some naval drones allegedly using the “grain corridor” to reach their targets, according to the Russian military.
Any navigation through the “corridor” would be halted “until the situation with the Ukrainian terrorist attack against the military and civilian vessels in Sevastopol” was cleared, the defense ministry said in a statement. The ministry also said that Kiev should commit to not using the corridor for military purposes. At the same time, it maintained that Russia had not withdrawn from the deal but merely suspended it for an indefinite period of time.
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