Russia declares naval war: threatens to sink all civilian ships heading to Ukraine
The so-called Russian Ministry of Defense has officially announced that it is launching an unrestricted naval war in the Black Sea. This follows from the statement of the Ministry, which proclaimed that due to the unilateral termination of the “grain deal” by Russia, starting June 20, all ships sailing through the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports “will be considered as potential carriers of military cargo.”
“The countries of the flag of such courts will be considered to be involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of Ukraine,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. And thus, the Kremlin announced that it would destroy all such civilian vessels.
In addition, the Russian Federation announced that “a number of maritime areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation.”
In fact, we are talking about Russia declaring an unrestricted naval war, as the Third Reich did when it began to sink all ships heading to the UK. This is a violation of the rules of warfare at sea, and this episode was brought to the attention of the Nuremberg trials and indictments.
On the night of July 19, Russia struck at the port infrastructure of Odesa to disable facilities that provided transshipment of grain and other food products. The attack used an X-59M2 missile with a cluster munition, most likely an anti-personnel element.
