The war in Ukraine It has a new scenario in the Black Sea since Russia did not decide to renew the agreement that provided security for cargo ships that exported grain from Ukrainian ports. The fear of an escalation of tension rose last Sunday, when Russian forces fired warning shots to stop and inspect a merchant ship which was sailing to the Ukrainian river port of Izmail. Moscow released edited images of the sequence of events on Tuesday, which Ukraine harshly condemned. As kyiv tries to promote safe corridors in that area, Putin’s government warns that it could consider any ship in those waters a military target.
But this war in Ukraine it also has unwanted effects on Russia’s economy. At an extraordinary meeting held this morning, The Central Bank has raised the interest rate to 12% to try to reverse inflation and the depreciation of the ruble.
In the military field, kyiv tries to protect itself from Russian attacks from the air and to advance its counteroffensive. In the last few hours Ukraine has managed to establish two landing zones on the bank of the Dnipro river that until then was controlled by Russian troops.