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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh

UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain vessels with sea mines

The Maranta bulk carrier near the port of Odesa, Ukraine
The Maranta bulk carrier near the port of Odesa, Ukraine. Photograph: Igor Tkachenko/EPA

Britain has accused Russia of plotting to sabotage civilian cargo ships loaded with Ukrainian grain by planting sea mines on the approaches to the country’s Black Sea ports.

Based on what it said was declassified intelligence, the UK said Russia did not want to directly attack merchant vessels using Ukraine’s newly created humanitarian corridor with missiles, but instead try to destroy them covertly.

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