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Defense Minister: Russia is using fictitious exercises in the Black Sea to block export of Ukrainian grain

Todor Tagarev
Photo: BGNES-archive

Russia is using fictitious military exercises in the Black Sea to block the export of Ukrainian grain, which also poses a security risk to our country, Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said at the annual conference of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the Heads of the Foreign Missions of the Republic of Bulgaria. In his words, there are prerequisites for incidents in the Black Sea. ''Russian ships roam our exclusive economic zone, taking provocative and forceful actions against merchant ships of other countries. All this brings risks to our security", Minister Tagarev said.



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