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Russia blames Ukraine for 'massive' drone attack on navy in Crimea
 [NYPOST] Ukrainian forces launched the most "massive" drone attack "in the history of the conflict" on the Kremlin’s fleet in Crimea, according to Russian officials, who said Saturday they would no longer participate in a United Nations...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... -brokered deal to ship grain and other products from Ukrainian ports in retaliation. "Today at night, the most massive attack by UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and remote-controlled surface vehicles in the waters of the Sevastopol bay was undertaken," said Russia-installed Crimea governor Mikhael Razojaev of the late Friday attack in an interview with Russia’s TASS news agency. The Russian navy had earlier repelled a drone attack in which all of the drones had been "shot down," he said on Telegram. The late Friday attack — part of a major counteroffensive by Ukraine to regain territory annexed by Russia in the southern part of the country — caused minor damage to the Black Sea port fleet, which was involved in protecting convoys exporting grain from Ukraine, Razojaev said. As a result of the attack, Russian officials said they had suspended participation in the deal to allow the secure export of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, TASS reported Saturday. Under the July agreement, Ukraine was able to restart its grain and fertilizer exports which were halted when Russia invaded the country on Feb. 24. The deal has seen more than nine million tons of grain exported from Ukraine and has brought down food prices around the world. Posted by: Fred 2022-10-30 |
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