The intelligence of Ukraine published a secret report of Russia on the failure of the “grain agreement”, which was prepared for the Kremlin

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Kostia Andreikovets
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The Main Intelligence Directorate (MDI) of Ukraine published a secret report on the failure of the "grain deal", which was prepared for the Kremlinʼs top brass. He describes the technology the Russians used to disrupt the Black Sea Food Corridor.

The so-called joint coordination center saw its main task as the maximum reduction of the volume of grain export. To do this, the Russians delayed the registration of ships, demanded additional documents, strengthened inspections of ships and reduced the number of inspection teams.

According to the results of the inspections, participation in the initiative was restricted for 46 vessels and 303 vessels were restricted in their movement for a total period of 342 days.

The breakdown was divided into several stages. At the first, on the initiative of the Russian president, Russiaʼs participation in the agreement was suspended from October 29, 2022 to November 3, 2022, which led to a drop in grain export volumes from 4.2 million tons in October to 2.6 million tons in November.

The next stage is to limit the admission of ships to the Southern port, reduce the number of inspection teams (no more than two), and stop the registration of grain carriers. This made it possible to significantly reduce the volume of grain export and prevented the export of about 20 million tons of cargo.

The smallest amount of food exported from Ukrainian ports (7.8 million tons) fell on the third stage — from March 19 to July 17 this year.

Separately, the Russians focused on the disruption of supplies under the program of the World Food Program. Grain carriers were allowed to register and were allowed to pass only on the condition that they do not participate in the "Grain from Ukraine" program.

Intelligence officials noted that the disruption of the "grain deal" was part of a single pre-planned plan. And the shelling of the Ukrainian port infrastructure is just another step in its implementation.