The British Ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Bruent, will shortly contact the Russian Foreign Ministry over the involvement of British experts in the planning of Kyiv’s strikes on Sevastopol, according to Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
In comments quoted by the Russian media, Zakharova “The British ambassador will be summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in this regard, according to the TASS” news agency, which also claimed that Kyiv was currently employing improper military tactics. “Russia informed the international community of this incident at a meeting of the UN Security Council,” it was stated. Within the next few days “.
On October 29, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that due to an attack by the “Kyiv regime with the participation of British specialists” against the Black Sea Fleet ships and civil ships involved in maintaining the security of the grain corridor, the Russian side had decided to suspend participation in the implementation of Wednesday agreements for the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports.
The Russian Ministry of Defense added that the United Nations and Turkey’s mediation also played a role. The Russian Defense stated that it had returned to enter the grain deal after receiving written guarantees from Ukraine that it would not use the grain corridor for combat operations against Moscow.
In a related development, Belarus and Russia have begun planning cooperative military drills called “Al-Ittihad Shield 2023,” according to Belarusian Minister of Defense Victor Khurenin.
“We have begun planning for the Federation Shield 2023 joint executive training. We will go over the fundamentals of the joint operational training programme for the armed forces of Belarus and Russia, which will serve as the focal point of joint training for leaders and forces the next year.
The Belarusian minister stated that despite extraordinary external pressures on both nations, military cooperation between Russia and Belarus produced significant results this year.
Russian Foreign Ministry: In response to Kyiv’s strikes on Sevastopol, we will shortly call the British Ambassador.
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