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'The National Security Council says that Russia is attempting a "false flag
operation" to "justify any attacks against civilian ships in the Black Sea and
to then blame them on Ukraine."
The declaration comes days after Russia backed out of a deal that helped move
grain from Ukrainian ports, threatening global food supply.
NSC spokesperson John Kirby told reporters in a briefing Thursday afternoon
that Russia may try to expand its targets in the Black Sea to attacks on
civilian ships that are transporting grain and food.
"Russia has already announced publicly that all ships proceeding to Ukrainian
ports in Black Sea waters will be considered potential carriers of military
cargo, even though they are simply trying to pick up grain and food to be able
to feed people around the world," Kirby said.
Kirby said Russia is falsely trying to blame Ukraine for sea mines that Russia
itself planted, releasing a video of a detonation it claimed was from a
Ukrainian mine.
Kirby said the U.S. found it important to declassify and publicly share the
information to warn that the Black Sea waters "are now more dangerous than they
were before for civilian shipping and that's because of one party and one party
only: and that's Russia."
Earlier Thursday, the U.S. also announced additional sanctions against Russia
to further limit its military capabilities.'
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
