US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while in Berlin at a food security conference, commented on Russia’s demand to give her the right to check the cargo vessels emerging from Ukrainian ports, BBC reports.
“by what right and according to what logic does Russia insist on checking the sovereign Ukrainian ships leaving Ukrainian ports to other countries? This is nonsense,” Blinken said.
Russia also requires clearing ports from mines, but Ukraine needs guarantees that its ports will be safe. “When Russia says that it can start the ships, this potentially puses that Russian ships are suitable and begin to directly attack Odessa. Ukrainians should be sure that if they go to measures to release their ships from the ports, the Russians will not use This is for an attack on Odessa, ”added Blinken.