{"id":458120,"date":"2022-06-05T20:55:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T17:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/black-sea-will-be-next-front-in-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T17:55:13","slug":"black-sea-will-be-next-front-in-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-sea-will-be-next-front-in-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"#Black Sea will be next front in Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25999b5caa6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25999b5caa6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/black-sea-will-be-next-front-in-ukraine-war\/#%E2%80%9CBlack_Sea_will_be_next_front_in_Ukraine_war%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Black Sea will be next front in Ukraine war&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBlack_Sea_will_be_next_front_in_Ukraine_war%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Black Sea will be next front in Ukraine war&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A former NATO commander warned Sunday that the next front in Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine will likely develop in the Black Sea \u2014 and that the US will have to help escort grain ships to prevent a global food crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to see another \u2026 front open in this conflict, which is going to include escorting grain tankers in and out of Odessa,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1494\/2022\/06\/04092114\/6-5-22-Admiral-James-Stavridis-EDITED.mp3\">former Admiral James Stavridis told host John Catsimatidis<\/a> on his AM 770 radio show in an interview that aired Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that mission will probably be undertaken by the United Nations, by NATO, by the United States and our allies. But it is going to be a new front in the war that will emerge over the next few weeks,\u201d said Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine, the world\u2019s sixth largest wheat exporter, has blamed Russia for blocking shipments from its Black Sea ports, including Odessa.<\/p>\n<p>But Ukrainian officials fear\u00a0that establishing safe corridors to allow for the shipment of its exports could also create a path for Russian warships to attack it.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, the world\u2019s largest wheat exporter, has called on the West to lift sanctions imposed against it, arguing that the world needs its grain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-reuters-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Stavridis predicted the US will need to escort grain tankers in and out of Black Sea ports like Odesa.\" class=\"wp-image-22540851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-reuters-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-reuters-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-reuters-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Stavridis predicted the US will need to escort grain tankers in and out of Black Sea ports like Odesa.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Alexey Pavlishak<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Vladimir Putin, in remarks on Russian television Friday, blamed Western nations for causing any shortages, denied the allegation that Moscow was blocking Ukrainian ports and called for the safe passage of all ships carrying grain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will facilitate the peaceful passage and guarantee the safety of arrivals to these ports, as well as the entry of foreign ships and their movement through the Azov and Black seas, in any direction,\u201d Putin said\u200b.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Stavridis said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had some unintended consequences for Putin, including uniting NATO more than at any time since the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200bYou have Russia as the obvious aggressor in Ukraine today but making very threats \u2026 for example, about the Baltic states \u2014 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania \u2014 who are members of NATO. All of that has created real focus on the part of the alliance\u200b,\u201d he told\u00a0Catsimatidis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-ap-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin denied blocking ports and claimed Russia will &quot;facilitate the peaceful passage&quot; of ships carrying grain.\" class=\"wp-image-22540856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-ap-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-ap-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/russian-navy-ap-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin denied blocking ports and claimed Russia will \u201cfacilitate the peaceful passage\u201d of ships carrying grain.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing European defense spending rise \u2026 Sweden and Finland, two highly capable militaries, previously neutral countries, are now <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lying for NATO membership. That NATO membership card is the hottest ticket in Europe this summer\u200b,\u201d Stavridis said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The former NATO chief said the Russian leader \u200b\u200b\u201dis failing his nation, and he is failing the world. And he will reap the cost of doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200bPutin launched his attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24 with the intent to quickly overtake Russia\u2019s eastern neighbor and end the possibility that Ukraine would join NATO. He claimed Russia\u2019s goal was to \u201cdemilitarize and denazify Ukraine.\u201d\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader also wanted to limit what he saw as the continuing expansion of the NATO alliance into Eastern Europe and with it, \u200bthe extension of the West\u2019s military presence in the region.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p>But Putin\u2019s early plan to quickly take the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and overthrow the country\u2019s government failed in the face of fierce resistance from Ukraine fighters and a number of tactical blunders that\u00a0stymied the movement of Russian troops and bogged down their equipment.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Since that setback, Russian troops have been pressing an offensive in Ukraine\u2019s eastern \u200bDonbas region, where they have been putting Ukrainian cities under constant artillery fire.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post Wires\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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