Britain denied reports of deployment of ships in the Black Sea

British Royal Navy ship. File photoLONDON, May 25.The UK does not plan to deploy warships in the Black Sea to unblock Ukrainian grain supplies, the country's Ministry of Defense said. Earlier, the Times newspaper, citing a diplomatic source, reported that British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss supported the idea of ​​​​creating a coalition of countries that would deal with unblocking Ukrainian grain supplies. Such a naval coalition was proposed by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. According to Landsbergis, the only practical way to export grain is through Odessa. His plan would also require clearing parts of the Black Sea and reaching an agreement with Turkey. The minister suggested that other than Britain, states that would be affected by the potential loss of grain, such as Egypt, could provide protection for the ships. «To clarify recent reports, there are currently no plans to deploy British warships in the Black Sea. We will continue to work intensively with international partners, to find ways to resume grain exports from Ukraine,» the British Ministry of Defense said on Twitter. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia does not interfere with Ukraine's grain exports, logistical problems arose through the fault of Kyiv, its troops mined their seaports. The Foreign Ministry added that «the talk about Russia's allegedly blocking the export of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea ports and the resulting deficit in the grain market is nothing but speculation.» A former employee of the Odessa sea harbor told RIA Novosti that Ukraine is exporting wheat reserves from storage facilities in the port of Odessa by alternative routes under pressure from the European Union, despite the threat of a grain shortage in the country itself. Western politicians and media reports, is actively exported both by railway trains and barges along the Danube. According to him, Russia has reasonable suspicions that this grain is not going to the needs of the starving global South, but is pumped into the granaries of European countries — this is how Ukraine pays for weapons supplied by the West. A number of Western countries have introduced several packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the situation on Ukraine. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, speaking about the consequences of sanctions against the Russian Federation, said that they would lead to a full-fledged international food crisis with the prospect of starvation in some countries. />The West seeks to quickly export grain from Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense reported