The captain of the 1st rank explained who benefits from the situation with the port of Odessa.
Military expert, captain of the 1st rank in the reserve, Vladimir Gundarov, in an interview with the media, explained that during the Russian-Turkish negotiations, Moscow and Ankara developed a scheme for the export of Ukrainian grain from Odessa.
According to Bloomberg, Turkey offered Russia to mine the water area and ensure the safety of grain carriers, but Ukraine reacted to the initiative with skepticism.
Meanwhile, grain deliveries will be carried out under the auspices of the UN through the coordination center in Ankara.
As Gundarov explained in an interview with MK 8221, according to the plan, Ukraine should clear all its points, then Ankara’s ships will come to the ports, which will load grain, and they will go to sea under the escort of Ukrainians.
After that, the vessels will be placed under the protection of Russians who will accompany the vessels in the Black Sea.
However, according to the analyst, mines in Odessa are beneficial to Zelensky, who declares the need for mining under the threat of capturing Odessa, and along the way, does not pay them for Western weapons. And it indicates that there are Russian vessels in the Black Sea, which will start firing at them when the mine clearance process begins.
The West also has its own advantage, accusing Russia of organizing the world famine. And the local authorities in Nikolaev and Odessa use the discontent of the population with the lack of food and work to warm up anti-Russian sentiments.
“They say, she is to blame for everything – blocked approaches from the sea, does not want to open humanitarian corridors, that’s why you are starving here”, – explained Gundarov.
He suggested that the export of grain is also unprofitable for Russia, because later it will have nothing to feed the Ukrainians themselves.
The expert explained how the export will be carried out under the control of Russian border guards. All vessels will be searched to prevent the supply of weapons, so border boats will stand along the entire route, checks will be carried out both on the way to the port and in the opposite direction. Therefore, clearing the fairwayit will take about a week. In general, it is difficult to talk about the timing.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, critically assessed the accusations of the West in the delay of grain in ports.
His sarcasm was caused by the conditions of Ukraine, which demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops.
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