Grain corridor and Wagner mercenaries: Zelenskyy holds Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff meeting
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has chaired a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff.
Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram
Quote: "Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff meeting. We continue our systematic work to protect our ports and infrastructure for the grain initiative. We understand risks, threats, and prospects. [We’ve listened to - ed.] Reports of the commander of the Navy (Oleksii - ed.) Neizhpapa and Deputy Prime Minister (Olekdandr - ed.) Kubrakov.
Commander-in-chief Zaluzhniy, commander Neizhpapa, and Minister Kubrakov should prepare a set of actions to continue the ‘grain corridor’ work. The Foreign Ministry should work out similar diplomatic steps."
Details: The staff also heard reports from the commander-in-chief, commanders Oleksandr Syrskyi and Oleksandr Tarnavskyi on the current situation on the battlefield, as well as an intelligence report on Russiaʼs plans.
Quote: "We also discussed supply, logistics, and production. Minister (Oleksii - ed.) Reznikov, Commander (Oleh - ed.) Huliak and Minister (Oleksandr - ed.) Kamyshin.
Northern border. We keep mercenaries' activities in Belarus under close control. [We’ve listened to - ed.] Reports of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the Foreign Intelligence Service and the State Border Guard Service".
Background:
- On 17 July, Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, announced the suspension of the grain deal. Russia also announced the withdrawal of security guarantees for shipping under the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
- At the same time, Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he believed that the Russian president actually wanted to extend the so-called grain deal and would talk to him about it.
- Zelenskyy suggested that Türkiye and the UN continue to operate the grain corridor without Russia.
- On 19 July, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would "consider the possibility" of returning to the grain deal only if its terms were fully implemented.
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