Ukraine said any ships heading to Russian ports may be military targets, a tit-for-tat response to a threat from Moscow that escalates the war’s risk to global food markets.

Since Moscow halted the Black Sea agreement that allowed Ukraine to export part of its grain harvests, Russia has attacked Ukrainian grain storage facilities and warned that all vessels heading to Ukrainian ports would be considered potential carriers of military supplies.

The escalating threat to vital Black Sea trade steps up the risk of turmoil on global markets for everything from oil and food staples to fertilisers. Russia’s attack on its neighbour has already severely disrupted exports from Ukraine, a major producer of grains and vegetable oils.

Ukraine has previously attacked Russian ships in the Black Sea, sinking the flagship Moskva cruiser with a Neptune anti-ship missile soon after Russia’s invasion.

  • at_an_angle@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    It makes more sense to have China keep selling Russia 4th rate equipment while keeping the economy going.

    Every notice how the only threat vatniks have is “we’ll nuke ya!”

    Like, get a new fucking threat bro. We’ve seen your military. Your nuclear arsenal can’t be in much better shape… if it hasn’t already been sold off or let to rot.

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      1 year ago

      Tritium costs $30k a gram & has to replaced every 3 months in (supposedly) 6000 warheads.