Russia accuses UK of using Black Sea corridor for supplying arms to Ukraine

Russia has accused Britain of using a Black Sea grain corridor to deliver arms to Ukraine, after denying London's allegations that Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports had disrupted crucial grain supplies for other countries.

Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Russia's increased attacks on Ukraine's Black Sea ports were delaying vital aid reaching the Palestinians and stopping crucial grain supplies from being delivered to the global south, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media.

Recently, the United Nations said that Russian attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea ports had damaged six civilian vessels as well as grain infrastructure since September 1, calling the ramp-up in strikes "distressing".

In response to Starmer's allegations that Moscow was damaging global food security with such strikes, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said: "Such baseless yet thunderous outrage from London once again confirms just the opposite: the direct involvement of the UK in supplying arms to the Kiev regime using the Black Sea sea corridor."

Zakharova referred to what she said was recent video evidence concerning the port of Yuzhny, in Ukraine's Odesa region, and purported arms supplies published by Russia's Ministry of Defence.

Let's note that Ukraine is a major global wheat and corn grower and exported about six million tons of grain alone per month via the Black Sea before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in 2022.

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Ukraine created a shipping corridor in the Black Sea after the collapse last year of a U.N.-backed Black Sea grain export initiative that involved Russia and had ensured the safe passage of grain ships.

By Khagan Isayev