The GUR confirmed the deliberate blocking of the grain agreement by the Russians

Yesterday, the GUR of the IOM published the data of a closed report "on the work of the Russian part of the SCC during the implementation of the grain initiative", prepared for the highest military and political leadership of the Russian Federation. The document deals with ways of obstructing the operation of the grain corridor, which eventually led to the termination of the agreement.

The main task of representatives of the Russian Federation as part of the SCC was to maximally reduce the volume of grain exports from Ukraine.

"The key element of the export restriction was meticulous inspection of vessels. The work of the inspectors was carried out in accordance with the developed recommendations for ship inspections. As a result, participation in the initiative was limited for 46 vessels, and another 303 vessels were restricted in movement for a total period of 342 days."

Measures to disrupt the grain initiative were divided into several stages, in the first of which, by order of the President of the Russian Federation, the participation of the Russian Federation in the initiative was suspended from 29.10.22 to 03.11.22, which led to a reduction in export volumes from 4.2 million tons in October to 2.6 million tons in November.

The next stage was the restriction of the admission of ships to the Pivdenny port, the stoppage of registration of ships, the reduction of inspection teams (no more than two).

The measures taken made it impossible to export almost 20 million tons of goods from the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. According to the report, during the third stage of the Initiative (from March 19 to July 17, 2023), the smallest amount of food was exported from Ukrainian ports - only 7.8 million tons.

Special attention was paid to the disruption of grain supplies under the UN World Food Program, as the registration of ships was allowed only after providing written confirmation of non-participation in the specified program.

The authors of the report note that "accumulated experience in solving set tasks allows us to achieve a high level of efficiency in the shortest possible time."

Therefore, the GUR believes that in the event of an extension of the grain agreement, the Russians will use the gained "experience" to effectively disrupt the agreements.

"All the steps to disrupt the Grain Agreement were part of a plan developed in advance, and the deliberate shelling of the infrastructure of the ports of Ukraine is the next step in its implementation," the GUR added.

We will remind that on June 17, the Russian Federation announced its withdrawal from the grain agreement, because, according to the Kremlin spokesman, the part of the agreement that concerned the Russian Federation has not yet been fulfilled.