Russian special military operation in Ukraine #28

The terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge forces Russia to take Odessa, by Rafael Fakhrutdinov for VZGLYAD. 10.13.2022.

The terrorist attack against the Crimean bridge revealed a serious flaw for the security of Russia in the "grain deal". It provides that ships with grain are inspected only in the Turkish straits. The ship with explosives that left Odessa was able to calmly enter the Danube. Breaking the "grain deal" will not solve the problem - after leaving the Serpent Island, Russia lost control over this sector of the Black Sea. What are the options?

The Federal Security Service has uncovered the organizer and perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge - the responsibility lies with the head of the military intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov. The FSB also found out the route of movement of the explosive device that went off on the bridge on October 8.

Of particular interest is the first stage of this movement. In early August, dangerous goods with a total weight of more than 22 tons, disguised as rolls of construction film, were transported from the seaport of Odessa along the Black Sea and further along the Danube to the Bulgarian river port of Ruse, located inland. “We see a gross violation of the “grain deal”. The fact that a military cargo directed against the Russian Federation left Odessa is an obvious violation of the agreement,” Andrey Klimov, Deputy Head of the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council , emphasized.

Recall that on July 22 in Istanbul, Russia, Turkey and the UN signed a memorandum of cooperation in the supply of Russian and Ukrainian agricultural products to the markets. Ukraine has signed its part of the agreement with Turkey and the UN. The "grain deal" was concluded for a period of 120 days, until November, with the possibility of extension.

Under the terms of the agreement, a Joint Coordination Center (JCC) with the participation of Russia, Turkey and Ukraine operates in Istanbul to monitor the exit of ships from Ukraine. The main thing to pay attention to is that the SCC is charged with the duty of inspecting ships, which should exclude the transport of military cargo. But the subtlety is that inspection is carried out only at the entrance and exit from the Black Sea. The SCC teams that conduct the inspection work in the harbors in the Turkish Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. But the ship with explosives “turned off” much earlier.

As noted by the VZGLYAD newspaper, the ship, which left Odessa in Ruse, moved in a coastal course along the seashore, and then entered the Danube, where it proceeded through Romanian territory to the Bulgarian port. Ukraine supports active navigation along the Danube (which, however, suffers from Ukrainian mines, laid at the beginning of the NWO near Odessa and drifting towards the Danube Delta). The main thing is that the ship sailing from Odessa to Ruse was not subject to inspection by Turkish observers as part of the “grain deal”. “Such lifelines that go along the coast, we cannot check. Especially if the ship sailed under the Bulgarian flag. Two neighboring NATO countries, Romania and Bulgaria, use this,” military expert Vasily Dandykin noted.

According to the Istanbul Accords, “all activities in Ukrainian territorial waters are carried out under the authority and responsibility of Ukraine” (paragraph C of “Initiatives for the safe transportation of grain and food from Ukrainian ports”). This point, which excludes external control, is emphasized by the Ukrainian side. Due to the lack of control, the cargo was delivered to Bulgaria, and from there to Georgia by sea as a transit cargo to Armenia. The cargo was sealed and was not subject to Bulgarian or Georgian customs inspection.

https://vz.ru/politics/2022/10/13/1181928.html

https://tass.com/defense/1512115

MOSCOW, August 24. /TASS/. The Russian army has begun to actively use unmanned aerial vehicles from ZALA Aero (an affiliate of the Kalashnikov concern), the concern’s president, Alan Lushnikov, told TASS. "Any ZALA UAVs are new for the Russian Defense Ministry. As follows from the publications, the army has begun to actively use them," he said. Earlier, the state corporation Rostec said that Russia’s kamikaze drones KUB and Lancet are widely used in combat operations in Ukraine, and have "successfully demonstrated their properties in combat conditions." The drones are mainly used to hit distant ground targets.

If true perhaps earlier than expected.

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