Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports
Britain has accused Russia of plotting to sabotage civilian tankers loaded with Ukrainian grain by planting sea mines on the approaches to the country’s Black Sea ports.
Based on what it said was declassified intelligence, the UK said Russia did not want to directly attack merchant ships using Ukraine’s newly created humanitarian corridor with missiles, but instead try to destroy them covertly.
Russia would then seek to blame Ukraine for the loss of any shipping in an attempt to evade responsibility, the British Foreign Office continued, and the UK said it was going public in order to deter Moscow from carrying out the plan.
Weird to see an entire nation so committed to openly being morally clear cut baddies while hardly even trying to spin it.
I’m used to nations being evil. I’m not used to them slyly winking when you point it out.
Russia is more of a middle finger over the shoulder as they face away from you kind of villain.
The article clearly says they intended to blame Ukraine for it tho?
That’s sounds like the opposite of open.
Yeah well. We have announced their plans in advance before and they still did it all according to plan, no real change.
Before he was president, Biden is on record saying he once met Putin. In a private exchange he said to Putin “I don’t think you have a soul”, to which Putin merely replied “We understand one another.” I’ve never forgotten that.