Russia said Saturday it's again blocking Ukrainian grain shipments through the Black Sea, a suspension of an agreement the UN helped mediate in July. The Russian Defense Ministry blamed drone strikes against its warships near Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, the Washington Post reports, which it called an act of terrorism. One of its warships had minor damage, Russia said. A statement said Ukraine launched "massive air and sea strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles against ships and infrastructure of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at the naval base in Sevastopol."
The Defense Ministry also blamed Britain, saying it provided training for the Ukrainian unit that launched the strikes, which it said involved 15 drones, per CNBC. Ukraine repudiated that claim, and Britain said Russia was making "false claims of an epic scale." Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russia of citing a "false pretext" as an excuse to shut down the "grain corridor which ensures food security for millions of people." The suspension will last indefinitely, Russia said. The Mariupol City Council said on Telegram that at least three warships were destroyed, and a Ukrainian official said it was several; the Post was unable to confirm the toll. Since the shipments resumed this summer, almost 400 ships, carrying 9 million metric tons of grain, have left Ukrainian ports. (More Russia-Ukraine war stories.)
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