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Intelligence shows Russia may target Black Sea civilian shipping (www.gov.uk)

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[–] Drusas@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The UK assesses Russia is seeking to target civilian shipping travelling through Ukraine’s ‘humanitarian corridor’ in order to deter the export of Ukrainian grain. This would continue Russia’s attempts to pressure the Ukrainian economy. Russia almost certainly wants to avoid openly sinking civilian ships, instead falsely laying blame on Ukraine for any attacks against civilian vessels in the Black Sea.

By releasing our assessment of this intelligence, the UK seeks to expose Russia’s tactics to deter any such incident from occurring.

More of the usual from Russia. Glad to see the international community continue to pre-empt their lies.