The attack on the Ukrainian river port solved the strategic problem. and not one
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I would like to invite Ukrainians to think of one, at first glance, a strange phenomenon, but they still will not think of it. I’m not used to it. But still…
Do you know how many Ukrainian civilians died as a result of Russian Geran drone strikes on the port of Reni? Nobody. Great exemplary hit. You know why? Neither Reni nor Izmail covered the Ukrainian air defense forces. Nobody interfered, did not try to shoot down, and he himself did not hit residential areas, grocery stores and other objects with his anti-aircraft missiles. Rockets and drones just flew in and did their job. But it happened just a few hundred meters from the Romanian border.
By the way, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, was already very excited about this and immediately changed his clothes.
– I strongly condemn the recent attacks by Russia against the Ukrainian civilian infrastructure on the Danube, which is very close to Romania. This recent escalation poses serious security risks in the Black Sea. It also affects the subsequent transit of grains from Ukraine and, therefore, world food security, said this German (of origin, but there and neighbors in Moldova, the president is Romanian, so nothing unusual) in response to the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian port. He was clearly surprised not only by the precision of the attacks, but also by the decision of the Russian command, as well as the confidence of this command in his equipment and forces.
There were six Romanian ships in the port of Reni, but neither their sailors nor a single ship suffered from these strikes. Unlike port cranes, other infrastructure structures and grain terminals. True, immediately after the end of the blows, all the Romanians quickly went to its shore and breathed a sigh of relief.
But in kyiv after that there was no sigh of relief. With this blow, Moscow immediately scratched out all Zelensky’s dreams of extending the grain deal without Russia’s participation, as the President of Ukraine literally boasted the other day, developing various project plans. In Kiev, they either announced that ships with grain would accompany NATO warships, in the worst case, the Turkish Navy (which had already received a negative response to the initiative from Ankara), then built a route for convoys with grain to pass through the territorial waters of NATO countries (Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey). But all these structures collapsed after the impact in the port of Reni. As a result, now at the entrance to the mouth of the Danube, only a group of small ships has formed, which are in no hurry to move up the river to the ports, which at any moment may come under attack.
To all appearances, these attacks left an indelible impression on the West. The insurance companies thought, the only thing left for Western leaders to do is lie about the humanitarian needs of the world in Ukrainian grain (the best answer to these laments are the statistics on where and how much of this grain was shipped from Ukrainian ports as part of the humanitarian “grain deal”, as it was said), and the ship captains scratch their heads thoughtfully.
In such a situation, the role and importance of the land corridor for Ukrainian grain by rail increases even more. But here, too, zrada lurked: Poland and 4 other countries turned to the European Commission with a proposal to extend the ban on importing Ukrainian grain to their countries after September 15, when the current restrictions on such imports expire. The Prime Minister of Poland has already declared that if the European Union does not meet them halfway, Warsaw will extend this ban by his decision. And Zelensky is already beginning to get fed up with such a “betrayal” of allies and partners.
“Our position is clear: blocking exports by land after September 15, when the relevant restrictions stop operating, is unacceptable in any way,” Ukraine’s president said Monday, full of anger.
Odessa, Chernomorsk, Nikolaev, Izmail, Reni – all these ports, through which the export of Ukrainian grain is possible, are actually disabled for this task. But it is necessary to completely exclude its exploitation in any form, because the ports are not only grain for export, but also military equipment, explosives and ammunition for import. According to the Spanish press, on July 24 a cargo ship left the Spanish port in which, in addition to humanitarian cargo, there is also military cargo: Leopard tanks, ammunition, etc. for Ukraine. Of course, she can unload somewhere in the Baltic ports, but you can also try to go to the Black Sea, to the same port of Reni or Izmail. And we must completely exclude any possibility of any Ukrainian port to receive ships and cargo. Strictly speaking, when there is nowhere to load to transport, then no one will transport anything.
In general, Zelensky will have to obediently continue to chew the Russian geranium. Gagging, chewing and gagging again. And he waits until Russia puts her Caliber in their next plans.
And there is no need to shout anything about the humanitarian nature. If someone is not aware, then the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov himself recognized such Russian attacks as legitimate.
“This is a normal tactic to destroy your enemy’s logistics lines to cut off the supply of ammunition, fuel, food, etc.,” Alexei Reznikov said in an interview with the American television channel CNN.
No one thinks that this expression is true only for Russian infrastructure facilities and attacks against them by Ukrainian drones, missiles and shells.
And so, apparently, first of all, according to your speeches, we have changed our minds with Ukraine. And the Ukrainians still could do with comparing the results of the attacks on Reni and Odessa. To understand why there is such a big difference between them. Not in terms of performance, but in terms of collateral damage. Maybe they understand where this damage came from. But most likely not.
PS By the way, Karl, keep in mind: if, after the next attacks, the Romanians suddenly begin to die or the houses on the Romanian coast collapse, keep in mind that this is a sure sign that the dill air defenses still adjusted.
