“Exports through Odessa included several illegal items, such as drugs and oil, that Ukraine received from Russia,” Hersh’s source in the U.S. intelligence community said.
Previously, Russia did not renew agreements under which it guaranteed the safety of navigation in the Black Sea for dry cargo ships with Ukrainian agricultural products.
The end of the grain deal in Moscow was explained by the failure of the West to comply with the obligations that the West assumed within the framework of the Black Sea grain initiative: the lifting of sanctions against Rosselkhozbank, the restoration of domestic fertilizer exports, the insurance of Russian ships and several others.