Senator Olga Kovitidi. File photoMOSCOW, May 18.The export of Ukrainian grain from the storage in the port of Odessa under pressure from the EU indicates that the EU is convinced of the defeat of Ukraine, Crimean Senator Olga Kovitidi told RIA Novosti. shortage of grain in the country itself, a former employee of the Odessa Sea Harbor told RIA Novosti earlier.Burbock accused Russia of rising prices»The hasty round-the-clock loading of Ukrainian grain and food taking place in the Odessa seaport, which has become the property of the Ukrainian media and social networks, speaks volumes. The EU no longer believes in Ukraine's victory, realizing that Russia is using tactics they do not understand moves,” Kovitidi said. According to her, the EU is trying to export Ukrainian grain as soon as possible, since these ports may become inaccessible to them. «Realizing that they will not have a second chance to reach Odessa and Nikolaev, grain and containers with food products are hastily exported from the storage of the largest Ukrainian port of Ukraine — Odessa, using the ports of Izmail and Reni to Europe,» the senator believes. At the same time, Europe itself needs Ukrainian grain, since, according to Kovitidi, European countries are facing a food crisis. the idea to take grain out of UkraineRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
