Moscow halts grain deal in what UN calls a global blow to people in need
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It's a terrible situation, but what exactly do you expect the Russians to do in response to something like that?
So the real question is, why is Ukraine attacking civilian infrastructure? Is that not terrorism? And an even better question is, why is the West helping them do this?
Why is the West helping them do this?
To bring an end to this insanity. As soon as humanely possible.
It’s a valid military target because Russia uses it to resupply its military in Crimea.
If Russia doesn’t want people targeting their bridges as military targets perhaps the military shouldn’t use them.
> So the real question is, why is Ukraine attacking civilian infrastructure?
Because it’s a military target being used by the Russian military to resupply Crimea and also the forces in the land corridor nearby.
> Is that not terrorism?.
Nope
> And an even better question is, why is the West helping them do this?
Because kicking Russia out of Crimea is something that needs to happen.
Are you suggesting to forcibly overrule that?
It sounds like Russophobia is leading you to come to some seriously flawed logical conclusions.
I also love how you completely ignored the fact that the Crimean bridge is in fact civilian infrastructure used by thousands daily.
Crimea is Ukraine. Nobody recognizes the sham referendum held under foreign military occupation. With 100 votes against 11, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared it illegitimate.
The main reason is to keep this local. Grain shipments feed a lot of poor people, and ending them turns into a humanitarian crisis very quickly. That can bring in even more pressure from places that are otherwise neutral about this war.
But it doesn't matter if he loses. So that humanitarian gesture gets thrown out when there is a way to say "But they did it first". It doesn't really matter all that much how reasonable that is. It's all a big, poorly-defined mess of who is willing to tolerate what, and what pressure they can bring to bear.
Ukraine surely knew that this would happen at some point. At most, it matters when they can force the issue. Putin can halt the deal, but that just puts shipping back into jeopardy. If they've degraded Russia's forces and can defend their shipping well enough, they don't care whether Putin abides by that deal or not.
They may or may not have judged that correctly. War is always a matter of taking your best guess, and then adapting when you find out the reality on the ground.