![]() ![]() Our Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay responds. ![]() Do you think Putin and Russia realise that conquest of Ukraine is unachievable and comes at too high a price, and so would settle for a 'token victory' such as Donetsk and Luhansk?" Today's comes from Hillshone, who asks: "Few wars seem to last much more than five years. We've been putting your questions on the war in Ukraine to our analysts and foreign correspondents. "Thank you, you good day sir," the Russian officer says as he leaves. "You, bad understand," the crew member says in English. The crew member translating for the captain indicates that the captain had not understood the Russian demand to stop. The Russian officer then questions the captain through a crew translator about why the ship did not stop when asked to. "Yes, I am speaking English," one of the crew replies. In one cut, a Russian demands: "Speak English." "After the completion of the work of the inspection team on board the Sukru Okan, a verification protocol was drawn up, the ship continued to move to the port of Izmail." "During the inspection activities carried out, the work of the inspection team was carried out professionally in accordance with the requirements of international documents," the defence ministry said. I am Russian naval officer - please don't shoot my group on video."įiring on a merchant vessel ratcheted up already acute concerns among shipowners, insurers and commodity traders about the dangers of getting ensnared in the Black Sea - the main route that both Ukraine and Russia use to get their agricultural produce to market. "Keep calm and listen to me," another Russian says. "Stop machine, stop machine," one of the armed Russians says as crew members put their hands on their heads and kneel before the Russian weapons. What appears to be bodycam footage from the naval unit shows Russian servicemen with automatic weapons checking the ship and entering the bridge. In a video released by the Russian defence ministry, crew members can be seen kneeling on deck with their hands on their head as a Russian Ka-29 helicopter approaches. Russia said it fired warning shots with automatic weapons at the Palau-flagged Sukru Okan vessel after it failed to respond to a demand for it to halt, though it was unclear why the ship was boarded so close to Turkey. Russia has released video showing an armed naval inspection unit boarding a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea on Sunday and questioning the captain about why the vessel had not stopped when demanded to by a Russian warship. Ship-to-ship (STS) loadings near the Greek port of Kalamata.ĭestinations for those volumes are as yet unknown, but usually those cargoes endĪnother 230,000 tonnes of diesel loaded in Russian ports since the start ofĪugust do not yet have a confirmed destination. Only one going to the kingdom in July, according to shipping data.īut around 180,000 tonnes of Russian diesel are destined in August for No Russian diesel cargoes were seen heading to Saudi Arabia this month, with Russian ports, taking about 42% of total supplies, or nearly 720,000 metricĭiesel loadings from Russia to Brazil, meanwhile, totalled about 140,000 metric tonsĪmong the leading Russian diesel importers to Africa in August, Refinitivĭata showed Ghana (75,000 metric tons), Morocco (68,000 metric tons) and Togo In August so far, Turkey remains the top destination for diesel exports from The data from traders and Refinitiv Eikon suggested the growth was fuelled by strong production volumes after seasonal refinery The same period in July, new figures show. Rose by 7% to about 1.7 million metric tons in the first 14 days of August from ![]() ![]() Russia's seaborne diesel and gas oil exports ![]()
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