Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[S.Peelman]

RolStoppable said:

S.Peelman said:

Apparently that is because they're having beef about grain exports from Ukraine to the EU, which threatens Poland's own exports to the rest of the EU and thereby their economy. This trade goes through Poland no less so they're facilitating their own competition. Long story short they don't want cheap Ukrainian grain flooding the EU. This back and forth argument has been going on for some time now though.

It's about time that the West shows some guts and tells Russia that any threats to Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea will be eliminated by NATO.

There's a clear distinction between entering full scale war with Russia and setting clear conditions under the mantle of preventing hunger in the world.

I don't disagree with this. I'm not exactly well versed in maritime law, but I don't see why Russia has a say, or at least, think they have a say, in who sails on the Black Sea, well outside their territorial waters.