UK And NATO Planning To Break Russia's Navy Blockade And Escort Ukraine Grain Vessels From Ports In The Black Sea

Britain is co-ordinating with its allies on a potential plan to send warships to the Black Sea port of Odesa to offer a protective escort to ships exporting Ukrainian grain (The British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender arrives in the Black Sea port of Batumi on June 26, 2021)  

Daily Mail: British warships could be sent in to protect freighters carrying crucial Ukrainian grain and break Putin's blockade of Black Sea ports that is threatening to cause a world food crisis 

* Britain, NATO and other nations could create a 'protective' corridor to Odesa 

* It would allow Ukraine to export large amounts of grain needed worldwide 

* Denmark meanwhile announced it will send US-made missiles to Ukraine 

 * The Boeing Harpoon missiles could help Ukraine to deliver long-distance strikes 

* The Russian war in Ukraine has exacerbated a global food crisis 

Britain is co-ordinating with its allies on a potential plan to send warships to the Black Sea port of Odesa to offer a protective escort to ships exporting Ukrainian grain. 

Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said yesterday he had discussed the creation of such a 'protective corridor' from Odesa with British foreign secretary Liz Truss.

He also said a 'coalition of the willing', made up of NATO countries and other nations reliant on the grain such as Egypt, may be willing to commit military resources to bolster the protection and avert widespread food shortages.  

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WNU Editor: I do not know if there are UK warships in the Black Sea right now, and then there is Turkey  who announced at the start of the war that all military traffic in the Bosphorus was banned (link here). But if this UK plan goes forward we will probably see a direct naval confrontation between Russian and UK warships. 

UK And NATO Planning To Break Russia's Navy Blockade And Escort Ukraine Grain Vessels From Ports In The Black Sea  

UK backs Lithuania’s plan to lift Russian blockade of Ukraine grain -- The Guardian  

Support Grows for Naval Escorts for Ukraine Grain, Estonia Says -- Bloomberg  

UK mulling option of escorting Ukraine grain vessels from ports in Black Sea, breaking Russian blockade -- Yahoo News 

British warships could be sent to protect freighters carrying Ukrainian grain amid fears of food shortages -- The Independent 

UK in talks with allies on ‘coalition-of-willing’ to create safe corridor from Odesa to save millions from starvation -- Evening Standard