Russian navy ordered to lay mines at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, says US

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Intelligence claims operation is part of Russia’s blockade of grain exports, which threatens to trigger global famine

Photograph: Future Publishing/Ukrinform/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Future Publishing/Ukrinform/Getty ImagesThe Russian navy has been given orders to lay mines at the ports of Odesa and Ochakiv, and has already mined the Dnieper River, asUS officials also released satellite images showing the damage inflicted by Russian missile strikes earlier this month on Ukraine’s second biggest grain terminal at nearby Mykolaiv, at a time when the interruption of grain exports threatens to trigger a global...

“We can confirm that despite Russia’s public claims that it is not mining the north-western Black Sea, Russia actually is deploying mines in the Black Sea near Ochakiv. We also have indication that Russian forces previously mined the Dnieper River.”

 

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Your first problem is listening to US Intelligence. Your second problem is believing US Intelligence. Your third problem is spreading this bullshit...

Mines are standard practice in war, and if America wants to avoid global famine it needs to practice some diplomacy.

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