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Kyiv is seeking a joint Military patrol within Black Sea countries in order to continue grain exports from its ports after Russia withdrew from an agreement guaranteeing the safety of cargo ships, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolak told AFP on Wednesday.
“Negotiations are ongoing at all levels. A UN mandate should be added here to establish a military patrol that would include countries in contact with the region, for example Turkey, Bulgaria or any other country,” Podolyak said in an interview.
The senior official told AFP that the Ukrainian military needed an additional 300 armored vehicles and dozens of F-16 fighter jets to accelerate its efforts to extract Russian forces from entrenched positions in the south and east of the country.
“Of course, we need additional armored vehicles – two to three hundred tanks in the first place. We need 60 to 80 F-16s in order to close the skies well, especially in the area near the front.”
“Undoubtedly, this process will be very difficult, long and will take a lot of time. But, meanwhile, Russia does not have the means, for example, to take the initiative. And this is already evident,” the official said, Mykhailo Podolyak said.
Presidential aide Mykhailo Podolak told AFP that any compromise with Russia to end the war in Ukraine would “destroy” the Kiev state, as Moscow “hates” Ukraine and seeks to restore the Soviet Union.
“For us, there is no middle ground because Russia hates us, it came to destroy the concept of the Ukrainian state,” Podolyak said. He added that “the settlement will lead one way or another to the slow loss of Ukraine and its state” and “the return of the Soviet Union”.
Kiev said on Wednesday that Ukraine was creating a temporary shipping route to preserve grain shipments after Russia withdrew from a deal allowing Ukrainian exports through a UN-backed safe passage in the Black Sea.
Russia attacked the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa for the second day in a row on Tuesday after withdrawing from the deal on Monday, which included Moscow canceling safe navigation guarantees.
In an official letter dated July 18, provided to the United Nations shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Ukraine said it had “decided to establish a recommended sea route temporarily”.
Its aim is to facilitate the lifting of the international maritime embargo in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.” Vasil ShkurakovActing Ukrainian Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, said in the message.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky He said that the Black Sea grain agreement could continue without Russian participation, and Ukraine was working on options to meet its commitments on food supplies.
The United Nations said on Tuesday that “a number of ideas are being floated” to help move Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer to global markets.
In its letter to the International Maritime Organization, Ukraine added that it had established a “mechanism” to provide “guarantees for compensation for damages” to charterers, ship operators and ship owners “caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation”.
It said this would be introduced while merchant ships were in Ukraine’s territorial waters or when these ships were heading to or from the country’s open seaports to transport goods.
However, since Russia’s move to exit the deal, insurers have been reviewing their appetites to cover vessels bound for Ukraine.
Policy broker Marsh told Reuters on Tuesday that a cargo insurance facility that provided coverage for shipments through the previous corridor deal had been suspended.
Norwegian shipping insurance group DNK, which provides war risk policies, told Reuters news agency on Wednesday that it is currently unable to provide cover for Ukraine as the grain corridor deal has been put on hold.
Additional war risk insurance premiums, which are charged upon entering the Black Sea region, must be renewed every seven days.
They have already cost thousands of dollars and are expected to rise in price, while ship owners may be reluctant to allow their ships to enter a war zone without Russia’s approval. There is also the danger of floating mines.
“In this case, each underwriter will want to take responsibility for their own position, rates and insurance,” said an insurance industry source.
“It will come down to if the premium is large enough and the risk is considered to be probable.”
(With input from agencies)
“Negotiations are ongoing at all levels. A UN mandate should be added here to establish a military patrol that would include countries in contact with the region, for example Turkey, Bulgaria or any other country,” Podolyak said in an interview.
The senior official told AFP that the Ukrainian military needed an additional 300 armored vehicles and dozens of F-16 fighter jets to accelerate its efforts to extract Russian forces from entrenched positions in the south and east of the country.
“Of course, we need additional armored vehicles – two to three hundred tanks in the first place. We need 60 to 80 F-16s in order to close the skies well, especially in the area near the front.”
“Undoubtedly, this process will be very difficult, long and will take a lot of time. But, meanwhile, Russia does not have the means, for example, to take the initiative. And this is already evident,” the official said, Mykhailo Podolyak said.
Presidential aide Mykhailo Podolak told AFP that any compromise with Russia to end the war in Ukraine would “destroy” the Kiev state, as Moscow “hates” Ukraine and seeks to restore the Soviet Union.
“For us, there is no middle ground because Russia hates us, it came to destroy the concept of the Ukrainian state,” Podolyak said. He added that “the settlement will lead one way or another to the slow loss of Ukraine and its state” and “the return of the Soviet Union”.
Kiev said on Wednesday that Ukraine was creating a temporary shipping route to preserve grain shipments after Russia withdrew from a deal allowing Ukrainian exports through a UN-backed safe passage in the Black Sea.
Russia attacked the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa for the second day in a row on Tuesday after withdrawing from the deal on Monday, which included Moscow canceling safe navigation guarantees.
In an official letter dated July 18, provided to the United Nations shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Ukraine said it had “decided to establish a recommended sea route temporarily”.
Its aim is to facilitate the lifting of the international maritime embargo in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.” Vasil ShkurakovActing Ukrainian Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, said in the message.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky He said that the Black Sea grain agreement could continue without Russian participation, and Ukraine was working on options to meet its commitments on food supplies.
The United Nations said on Tuesday that “a number of ideas are being floated” to help move Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer to global markets.
In its letter to the International Maritime Organization, Ukraine added that it had established a “mechanism” to provide “guarantees for compensation for damages” to charterers, ship operators and ship owners “caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation”.
It said this would be introduced while merchant ships were in Ukraine’s territorial waters or when these ships were heading to or from the country’s open seaports to transport goods.
However, since Russia’s move to exit the deal, insurers have been reviewing their appetites to cover vessels bound for Ukraine.
Policy broker Marsh told Reuters on Tuesday that a cargo insurance facility that provided coverage for shipments through the previous corridor deal had been suspended.
Norwegian shipping insurance group DNK, which provides war risk policies, told Reuters news agency on Wednesday that it is currently unable to provide cover for Ukraine as the grain corridor deal has been put on hold.
Additional war risk insurance premiums, which are charged upon entering the Black Sea region, must be renewed every seven days.
They have already cost thousands of dollars and are expected to rise in price, while ship owners may be reluctant to allow their ships to enter a war zone without Russia’s approval. There is also the danger of floating mines.
“In this case, each underwriter will want to take responsibility for their own position, rates and insurance,” said an insurance industry source.
“It will come down to if the premium is large enough and the risk is considered to be probable.”
(With input from agencies)
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