2023-07-25 18:50:02
The Russian attacks are now moving dangerously close to the EU and NATO borders: Because Ukraine is now disembarking its grain from its Danube ports, these are becoming the target of Russian drone attacks. According to a local news portal, 15 Iranian-made drones are said to have destroyed three grain silos in the immediate vicinity of Romania. According to the Romanian agency Mediafax, six Romanian ships that had been in the port of Reni were able to get to the other, Romanian bank of the Danube, unscathed. There were also attacks in the Danube port of Ismail.
The background to the escalations in the Danube-Black Sea region is Moscow’s cancellation of the grain agreement last week. The agreement was intended to guarantee the safe transport of grain shipments from Ukraine across the Black Sea to Turkey. Since then, Moscow has threatened to bomb ships leaving Ukraine as “war cargo”. In this way, Moscow wants to increase its pressure on Kiev.
Nevertheless, Ukraine continues to try to handle the grain export from its ports, which is much more laborious via the Danube with much smaller ships. Romania’s defense ministry was alarmed and is monitoring the situation. “This latest escalation poses a serious risk to security on the Black Sea,” Romanian President Klaus Johannis tweeted.
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Kiev is now also increasingly targeting the Russian military presence in the Black Sea. According to the Kremlin, a Ukrainian attack on a Russian warship has been thwarted.
Meanwhile, fears are growing regarding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which is occupied by Russian troops. According to experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), anti-personnel mines were discovered there. During an inspection at the weekend, the specialists found some mines in a buffer zone between the inner and outer barriers of the facility, said IAEA director Rafael Grossi. However, the operating personnel do not have access to this area.
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