“High risk” option: US General warns of port release in Odessa

“Hochriskante” option
US General warns of port release in Odessa

May 31, 2022, 8:07 p.m.

Russia is blocking Ukrainian Black Sea ports from being able to export much-needed grain worldwide. However he acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat Millie’s military base. French President Macron arrives at UN

Mark Millie, the leader of the U.S. staff, believes that ending the siege of Odessa by military means is a “high risk” option. “Currently the sea lanes are blocked by mines and the Russian navy,” Millie said during a visit to London. “It will take a huge military effort by one country or group of nations to open these sea lanes.” The U.S. general stressed that such a mission would be “a very dangerous military operation.”

Ukraine and Russia are among the world’s most important grain producers. During the Ukraine War, Russia besieged Black Sea ports and sanctions against Russia led to a decline in exports from both countries. Shipping in the Black Sea is endangered by landmines planted by Ukrainian units to prevent Russian attacks.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to end the port siege. “In our discussion with Olaf Scholz last Saturday, I recommended to President Putin that the UN resolution take the initiative to provide a clear framework for this process,” Macron said after the EU summit in Brussels.

Putin promises concessions

French President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an 80-minute phone call with Putin on Saturday. The global food crisis was also discussed during the meeting. According to the Kremlin, Putin promised to make concessions on Ukrainian grain exports. This also applies to Ukrainian grains in the Black Sea ports, it said after the call. At the same time, Putin again called for the lifting of Western sanctions against his country.

Millie, president of the U.S. Personnel, is attending a meeting of chief executives of the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, which includes Australia, New Zealand and Canada, in addition to the United States and Great Britain, in London this Wednesday. “I will work with our allies and partners to ensure that our support for Ukraine is coordinated and coordinated,” he said.

Millie leaves for Helsinki on Friday. Finland has applied for NATO membership in the wake of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, similar to Sweden’s visiting US military chief on Saturday. In the coming week, the US General will attend a number of ceremonies commemorating the Allied landing in Normandy during World War II. A meeting of the leaders of all NATO countries is scheduled for June 8.