Drones and missiles keep Russian fleet at bay and supplies and trade flowing at ports
What was once the Odesa hotel was a smouldering ruin. The 19-storey building at 6 Primorskyi Boulevard had been transformed into a blackened shell. The Russians hit it last month with an Oniks anti-ship missile. Odesa’s once-bustling passenger terminal was damaged too, along with grain silos, warehouses and an Orthodox church.that allowed Kyiv to ship grain to the world. Ever since, it has pulverised Ukraine’s ports all along the coast of the Black Sea.
Putin’s cynical calculus is that the west will eventually tire of a war with no end in sight. He is waiting for January 2025 and the return of Donald Trump as US president. That, Moscow thinks, would mean a swift end to White House military assistance to Kyiv. Russia’s geopolitical goals are unchanged: to eradicate Ukraine – its government, culture and language – and to transform it into a loyal Russian province.
Last week the UK Foreign Office – acting on a report from British intelligence – said Moscow was indeed plotting to blow up civilian vessels. The “pernicious” plan would see its submarines release mines in the middle of the shipping lane. “Russia almost certainly wants to avoid openly sinking civilian ships, instead falsely laying blame on Ukraine for any attacks against civilian vessels in the Black Sea,” the Foreign Office said.
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