The UN does not hide its concern after the end of the agreement on Ukrainian cereals. “Threats to target civilian ships in the Black Sea are unacceptable”judged before the Security Council the UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs on Friday 21 July. “We are also concerned about reports of mines laid in the Black Sea, threatening civilian shipping”she added. “The risk of conflict spreading in response to a military incident in the Black Sea – intentional or accidental – must be avoided at all costs, as it could lead to catastrophic consequences for all of us”she pleaded. Follow our live.
Vladimir Poutine estimates that the counter-offensive carried out by kyiv does not give for the moment “no result”. The Russian president is confident. The Russian president spoke on television as he met his Security Council on Friday. “The colossal resources that have been injected into the Kiev regime are not helping, and neither are the deliveries of Western weapons, tanks, artillery and missiles”said the Russian president, looking directly at the camera.
The situation is also tense in Belarus. An attack in the country would be equivalent “to an aggression against the Russian Federation”, warned the Russian president on Friday. The latter also warned that his army will use “all means” to protect Minsk. In Poland, battalions are deploying towards the border due to the potential threat posed by the presence of the private military group Wagner in Belarus.
Strong textreme tours in the black sea. Russia said on Friday that its army was conducting a military exercise in the Black Sea. This military corridor concentrates tensions between Ukraine and Russia, after the expiration of the grain agreement on Monday. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian ships fired anti-ship cruise missiles “on a target boat in the combat training area of the northwestern part of the Black Sea”.