Western allies will soon escort blockaded grain shipments in and out of Ukraine, former NATO commander James Stavridis said Sunday.
Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said Sunday that a"new front" in the Russia-Ukraine war will open in the Black Sea in the coming weeks involving Western allies escorting grain shipments in and out of Ukraine.
Speaking to host John Catsimatidis on the Cats Roundtable radio show, Stavridis noted that Russian military ships are"dominating the northern part of the Black Sea." "They have 40 warships, the Ukrainians have effectively zero. Russians are blockading that Ukrainian coast—not allowing vital shipments of grain important to the Ukrainian economy, but absolutely"So I think John you're going to see another, if you will, front open in this conflict which is going to include escorting grain tankers in and out of Odessa," he added.
A"new front" in the Russia-Ukraine war will open in the Black Sea in the next few weeks, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said Sunday. Above, cargo ships wait in the Black Sea to enter the Sulina canal on June 4, in Sulina, Romania."But it's going to be a new front in the war that I think will emerge over the next few weeks," he added.to target Russian ships in the Black Sea to eliminate the blockade.
"The effective work of the Ukrainians on warships convinced to prepare a plan to unblock the ports," Ukrainian ministry of internal affairs adviser Anton Gerashchenko tweeted last month."Deliveries of powerful anti-ship weapons are being discussed."