Bullshit again. UN was there too and they promised resumption of import of russian fertilizers in exchange for allowing passage of ukrainian grain. Turkey (as the main beneficiary of the grain deal) were supposed to see that Ukraine does not use this for weapons smuggling.
Neither side is going to "run out of ammunition", because new ammunition is constantly being produced. They just are going to be more constrained.
Bullshit again. The attack on the bridge was done using one of these ships.
If the US wasn't interested in opening up SWIFT before, why would they do it now that Russia has bombed Ukrainian ports to cinder and have no ability to ship anything anyway? Like I said, this is between Russia and Turkey, and if Putin wants the deal back, he'll have to crawl back to Erdogan.
Don't care. These are the terms of the deal, take it it, or leave it.
For fertilizers. You need to work on your reading skills.
Wouldn't be the first time you swallow Russian propaganda whole, without any evidence. Tell me, how did Ukraine smuggle weapons in or out if Russia was inspecting every ship?
The plans changed because Russia was getting demolished on the Island and couldn't defend it. All the while lying that they had repelled every Ukrainian attack. You repeated these lies on this board, and were shown to be completely wrong. How does it feel like to be lied to all the time?
And? Has UN done anything to stop Russian fertilizers or grain from being exported? There are no sanctions on these goods as far as I know.
The ships were being inspected in Turkey by group that included Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian officials (if I recall correctly, could be just Turkey and Russia). Russia used this to delay the ships as much as it could, but there's no way that any weapons could be smuggled unless Russian inspectors were complete morons.
How did Ukraine not behave? Show me one time when they got caught trying to smuggle weapons through the grain ships?
No surprise there. Russia has been destroying civilian infrastructure from the start.
But not Odessa port.
I don't remember that. But that famous Harkov bombing was staged. There can't be any questions about that.
I haven't been able to find any proof that the deal included any promises about opening SWIFT transfers to Russia. Only that fertilizer and grain exports wouldn't be impeded. It's just a pretext. Russia wants to use grain and food shortages as a weapon to wean African and Middle-Eastern nations away from Euro-American axis, and to raise the global food prices so that their own exports are more profitable.
It was. UN agreed to that, but Nuland said no. Well. It's on US now.
Yes, and it's working and it makes Nuland mad.
Ramping up production takes time. You can't build a new factory or a production line very quickly. This applies equally to Russia and the west, but Russia has been faster to get started because it's basically a war-time economy. The US and especially Europe are still considering this as just a side project. Also there's a thought that a lot of these munitions will be to replenish stockpiles, rather than go to Ukraine directly, which is completely foolish. The shells should go primarily to Ukraine, and NATOs own shelves can be stocked when the war is over or if there is surplus.
