By Natali Moss
According to Washington analysts, this is probably done in order to undermine the international trust in the security of the corridor. Ukrainian officials reported that the Russian forces had struck a rocket with a civilian vessel under the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis. The ship came out of Ukrainian territorial waters and headed to Egypt. According to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, preliminary data indicate that there are no victims.
He also emphasized the importance of supplying Ukrainian food to Africa and the Middle East. Romania's coast guard reported that the Russian rocket had struck a ship that was in the maritime economic zone of Romania. Earlier, the Russian forces actively attacked Ukrainian port and grain infrastructure in the south of Ukraine in the Black Sea, trying to undermine confidence in the Ukrainian grain corridor.
"Russian blows to civilian vessels in the grain corridor are almost certainly aimed at undermining the confidence that Ukraine is able to provide and protect the corridor, as well as interfere with the restoration of the economy in a long war," - said in ISW. According to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal, Ukraine has already transported 66 million tons of grain this year through the corridor in the Black Sea in 2024, and this is close to the pre -war level.
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