Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports

Britain has accused Russia of plotting to sabotage civilian tankers loaded with Ukrainian grain by planting sea mines on the approaches to the country’s Black Sea ports.

Based on what it said was declassified intelligence, the UK said Russia did not want to directly attack merchant ships using Ukraine’s newly created humanitarian corridor with missiles, but instead try to destroy them covertly.

Russia would then seek to blame Ukraine for the loss of any shipping in an attempt to evade responsibility, the British Foreign Office continued, and the UK said it was going public in order to deter Moscow from carrying out the plan.

  • digi7alph0enix@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Russia is more of a middle finger over the shoulder as they face away from you kind of villain.