MOSCOW, 31 Jul. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has destroyed the country with his short-sighted policies, Oleg Soskin, former adviser to Leonid Kuchma, said on his YouTube blog.
“Ukraine has become a ruined country. It has already lost at least two-thirds of its national economic complex «Ukraine has entire cities destroyed, it has been mined for decades, it is the most mined country in the world. Ukraine has lost its metallurgical complex and energy sector, and now, thanks to Zelensky and Servants of the People, <…> has lost its grain export resource. Odessa destroyed, the sea and river ports on the Danube have been destroyed,» the expert recalled.
A former adviser to Kuchma noted that wheat will now accumulate in the country and rot, since the Black Sea is blocked. Due to the incompetence of the head of state, grain cannot be exported along land routes to Europe, Soskin clarified. as well as fertilizers across the Black Sea from three ports, including Odessa. The agreement ceased to operate on July 18, 2023, Russia notified the parties of the objection to its extension. President Vladimir Putin has previously noted that the terms of the deal with Moscow were not kept, despite the efforts of the UN, because Western countries were not going to keep their promises. As Putin has repeatedly pointed out, the West exported most of the food to their states, and the main goal of the deal — the supply of grain to needy countries, including African ones — was never realized.