>British warships could join allies in a convoy to escort Ukrainian grain and alleviate a global food crisis.
>In ongoing discussions, there are plans that countries may introduce a “coalition of the willing” that would break through Russia’s blockade by providing a “protective corridor” starting in Odesa and passing through the Bosphorus.
>According to Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, he discussed the possibility with foreign secretary Liz Truss.
>It could include some Nato countries, alongside others like Egypt, who are heavily reliant on the grain.
>Allied navies would clear the area of mines and protect freight ships carrying produce from the Russian military.
>The plan comes as Denmark says it will provide Ukraine with a Ukraine a harpoon launcher and missiles as part of a security agreement, Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, said on Monday.
>With a range of 200 miles, they would allow Ukraine to target the six Black Sea Fleet ships and two submarines blockading the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
>Russia “holding hostage the vulnerable countries of the world”, Mr Austin added.
>He said countries “could provide ships or planes that would be stationed in the Black Sea and provide maritime passage for the grain ships to leave Odesa’s port and reach the Bosphorus in Turkey”.
>Ms Truss said: “What we need to do is deal with this global food security issue and the UK is working on an urgent solution to get the grain out of Ukraine”.
>The ongoing war has severely destabilised global trade, pushing many countries towards a hunger crisis.
Huge loads of grain and other essential items remain unused in Ukrainian warehouses.
>Together, Ukraine and Russia are responsibly for the export of a third of the world’s wheat and barley and half of its sunflower oil.
Could, but won’t.
Just give the Ukranians Harpoons already.
that could soon escalate – although Russia’s navy is not strong, it could resort to nuclear weapons.
The Ukrainians mined the whole area, the problem is no cargo ships want to travel through an area littered with sea mines in order to transport the grain.
They can’t even get insurance even if they had a death wish. Sending British ships won’t change this.
Considering Turkey has activated the Montreux Convention war clause and closed the straits to all warships this plan is a bit of a non-starter.
Putting NATO ships in a position to come into direct conflict with Russian ones doesn’t seem like a sensible plan by anybody’s estimation.
LOL. This is pure tory bullshit! They know it, we know it, and so do the papers who publish this rubbish.
F.off tories. Stop taking the PISS out of us…..
I think it could work. The Russians lost the Moskva, the flagship of the black fleet, to a land based anti ship missile platform, as a result, they will probably not want to tangle with surface vessels with similar capabilities, even though they do possess the same capabilities.
It would be risky. Very risky. Imagine if a supply ship strikes a sea mine and starts taking on water after the fire is put out. It’s a limp duck, unable to get underway under it’s own steam. Suddenly you need to protect the vessel from interdiction and boarding action, you need a towing vessel and perhaps the need to airlift crew from the stricken vessel. This drags more ships and materiel into the operational zone, increasing the chances of a) striking another sea mine or b) an “accident” happening involving a Russian warship. It would be very easy to escalate the situation beyond a supply escort operation.
I doubt very much that the Royal Navy will send British service personnel into an active warzone when we have promised to the public (thanks, Boris) and the world that we will not get involved directly.
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>British warships could join allies in a convoy to escort Ukrainian grain and alleviate a global food crisis.
>In ongoing discussions, there are plans that countries may introduce a “coalition of the willing” that would break through Russia’s blockade by providing a “protective corridor” starting in Odesa and passing through the Bosphorus.
>According to Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, he discussed the possibility with foreign secretary Liz Truss.
>It could include some Nato countries, alongside others like Egypt, who are heavily reliant on the grain.
>Allied navies would clear the area of mines and protect freight ships carrying produce from the Russian military.
>The plan comes as Denmark says it will provide Ukraine with a Ukraine a harpoon launcher and missiles as part of a security agreement, Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, said on Monday.
>With a range of 200 miles, they would allow Ukraine to target the six Black Sea Fleet ships and two submarines blockading the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
>Russia “holding hostage the vulnerable countries of the world”, Mr Austin added.
>He said countries “could provide ships or planes that would be stationed in the Black Sea and provide maritime passage for the grain ships to leave Odesa’s port and reach the Bosphorus in Turkey”.
>Ms Truss said: “What we need to do is deal with this global food security issue and the UK is working on an urgent solution to get the grain out of Ukraine”.
>The ongoing war has severely destabilised global trade, pushing many countries towards a hunger crisis.
Huge loads of grain and other essential items remain unused in Ukrainian warehouses.
>Together, Ukraine and Russia are responsibly for the export of a third of the world’s wheat and barley and half of its sunflower oil.
Could, but won’t.
Just give the Ukranians Harpoons already.
that could soon escalate – although Russia’s navy is not strong, it could resort to nuclear weapons.
The Ukrainians mined the whole area, the problem is no cargo ships want to travel through an area littered with sea mines in order to transport the grain.
They can’t even get insurance even if they had a death wish. Sending British ships won’t change this.
Considering Turkey has activated the Montreux Convention war clause and closed the straits to all warships this plan is a bit of a non-starter.
Putting NATO ships in a position to come into direct conflict with Russian ones doesn’t seem like a sensible plan by anybody’s estimation.
LOL. This is pure tory bullshit! They know it, we know it, and so do the papers who publish this rubbish.
F.off tories. Stop taking the PISS out of us…..
I think it could work. The Russians lost the Moskva, the flagship of the black fleet, to a land based anti ship missile platform, as a result, they will probably not want to tangle with surface vessels with similar capabilities, even though they do possess the same capabilities.
It would be risky. Very risky. Imagine if a supply ship strikes a sea mine and starts taking on water after the fire is put out. It’s a limp duck, unable to get underway under it’s own steam. Suddenly you need to protect the vessel from interdiction and boarding action, you need a towing vessel and perhaps the need to airlift crew from the stricken vessel. This drags more ships and materiel into the operational zone, increasing the chances of a) striking another sea mine or b) an “accident” happening involving a Russian warship. It would be very easy to escalate the situation beyond a supply escort operation.
I doubt very much that the Royal Navy will send British service personnel into an active warzone when we have promised to the public (thanks, Boris) and the world that we will not get involved directly.